Yeah, I think the molten salt reactors are a good bet too—but I don’t think that they will deliver the profound price reduction that the fusion reactors promise.
The huge thing that the fusion reactors promise to do is convert electrons directly into electricity—unlike the fission reactors which convert the energetic electrons into heat.
But much of the driver in the USA for fusion reactors—is now coming from private money.
But the smell of success is in the air. So governments all over the world are investing big money into fusion.
If the fusion company in Washington state abides by their contract with microsoft—they will have a working fusion reactor delivering electricity to microsoft in 2028.
There’s a good chance you’ll still be around by then.
So why spend public money?
I've been around too long to be fooled by a media blitz.