Originally Posted by Dixie_Dude
If so, fusion power plants will eventually do away with coal and natural gas, and the old nuclear fision power plants.
It took us nearly 30 years to get back into building nuke plants, and they're going at a snail's pace (honestly, I think I could build one faster all by myself). Every step there's a court challenge. Can you imagine what the resistance from the tree hugging nutters is going to be when someone says they're going to build a fusion power plant. I don't see fusion power happening in our lifetimes. They may crack the fusion nut, but I don't see a power plant happening while I'm still breathing unless I live to be 100 (and none of you are hoping for that smirk )