I’m all for fusion, but I really question the utility of NIF for practical generation (to me it’s a scam, a nuclear weapons stockpile assurance program sold as fusion research). More generally I think that approaches like DPF and FRC and Polywell are far more likely to produce practical powerplants. So while I understand that, to some extent, a “sinking tide lowers all boats”, I don’t know that I’m terribly upset that the giant fusion projects are having tens of millions cut from their budgets of hundreds of millions.
And yes, the tar sands are an environmental nightmare.
