There's a graph somewhere (edit: here¹) which indicates that fusion within X years has been estimated to be roughly a fixed number of billion dollars (kilos of

There's a graph somewhere (edit: here¹) which indicates that fusion within X years has been estimated to be roughly a fixed number of billion dollars (kilos of gold, whatever, insert unit of monetary value) away since forever, and it's not that it's getting endlessly futher away as time passes, it's just that functionally zero money has been spent on it, so it's just not getting any closer. In fact, that any progress has been made at all is testament to the tenacity of researchers who are operating on a fraction of the budget described as "fusion never". ¹: http://imgur.com/sjH5r http://imgur.com/sjH5r