[Rapscallion]

a breakthrough by scientists at the National Ignition Facility (NIF) could boost hopes of scaling up fusion.

Hope is not a good strategy....even if it is spoken at budget time.

[count-your-change]

Then look upon it as a jobs program. But for the over 55 out of work crowd retraining as a nuclear scientist is probably out of the question.

I haven’t seen anyone carrying a sign, “Will fuse for food”.