Fusion News: The Engineer – Fusion: The Optimist’s Choice
Despite the promise of cheap, clean, and limitless energy from fusion power, world governments are still spending a relatively small amount compared to other ventures. As The Engineer points out in their article, “Fusion: the optimist’s choice,”
Fusion is surely humanity’s best hope for non-polluting, sustainable energy, alongside some more efficient form of photovoltaics. The laws of physics say that it should be possible; and translating the laws of physics into reality for the good of mankind is one good definition of engineering. It’s something which deserves to be taken much more seriously and needs investment. The goal of such investment wouldn’t necessarily be financial return, it would be the future of civilisation. That’s not something which often shows up on bankers’ balance sheets, but it probably should be; it’s certainly something which, as we can see from the ITER collaboration, is enough to motivate thousands of people from many different countries to work together.
