I was thinking two main points….first, that it isn’t pie-in-the-sky, serious people are investing in fusion. Second, that according to one of the main economic/climate models, an energy breakthrough like cheap fusion would keep global warming to one degree C with no other interventions.
It’s a riskier bet than, say, thorium, because we haven’t yet produced net power. But if it’ll works, the whole climate problem just sorta evaporates. So I don’t promote it as our sole strategy, but if it is doable, it’d be a crying shame to miss out on it.
A question: I’m assuming you guys do want focus fusion to be noticed by government types? If you feel like you’ve got plenty of money right now, maybe there are downsides.
