This. People romanticize the notion of Fusion. It's a great thing, no doubt, But to say: > We could probably have helicopter islands like in a Sci-Fi film. F

This. People romanticize the notion of Fusion. It's a great thing, no doubt, But to say: > We could probably have helicopter islands like in a Sci-Fi film. Feels a little bit to me like people saying the same thing when they first discovered refined petroleum. Having said that we've made massive progress towards energy positive fusion with both magnetic confinement, and inertial confinement, And it's not crazy to think they may provide good usable power into our grid within our lifetimes.