And if fusion STILL isn’t practical, we can fall back on coal lithification and NG/CNG/LNG (natural gas) at moderate inconvenience and more expense for drivers, and a big healthy incentive to come up with the “next big thing” without tearing down the whole system.
Many believe that the US government already knows how to generate zero point energy. Maybe they are tinfoil hatters. But Tucker Carlson has had some experts on his podcast about it.