Why don’t they just go to the Sun and scoop up some material that is already undergoing fusion to power a reactor? They could use something like a giant spoon. It might get too hot so they might need to do it at night.
Good idea but incomplete. Your way only gets you electricity 12 hours a day. For 24 hr a day electricity, you'll have to do that twice. A spoon full on one side of the sun and a spoon full on the other side. Having said that, why do we need experts when we have people like you and me?