Fusion power is one of those things that’s just 10 years away – and has been for 50 years.
Granted, if someone could make it work, and unless some major collapse of, well, civilization occurs, then eventually someone probably will, then fusion reactors would change everything. Energy would be cheaper and more available than ever with practical, steady-state fusion power. The climate change worries over the use of fossil fuels would be greatly reduced, in no small part because the use of fossil fuels would be greatly reduced. Cheap, widely available electricity from fusion reactors would change the calculus for everything from the practical use of electric cars to how we heat our homes.
The problem is, that it always seems to be an “if” proposition. But now, a Japanese startup company claims it will be ready to launch a steady-state fusion reactor by 2034.
