OK, Cumberland Road, I’d forgotten that. But it provided an immediate tangible benefit, while this fusion project is pie-in-the sky, like the windmill and solar subsidies which have been either negative or have gone bankrupt, taking the federal subsidies with them.
You will be right until you are wrong.
The payoff is on a scale you literally can’t imagine. The payoff basically will make the USA solvent despite terrible debts. The payoff will fund everyone’s social security 15 years from now and beyond. The payoff will enable a vast expansion wealth in the USA and worldwide.
imho the payoff makes it worth the investment.