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Who needs fusion? Fission works great.

These guys have been 10 years from breaking even for the last 40 years. This is welfare for eggheads, folks.

Fission hit the break even point in less than decade.

I couldn't agree more. Fission has "worked" for mankind since December 2, 1942 (and a lot longer in nature - Africa and maybe the core). Today it provides for more than 20 percent of our electrical grid's and propulsion power for numerous boats and ships (That's not to mention as part of the trigger for deterent weapons). It is near criminal that we're not using more fission power as part of our energy mixture, especially since we're blessed with the uranium and knowledge. Fission power makes money for generation companies now.

When I was studying nuclear power in the 1970s, it was suggested to me that fusion power was only 10 years away and the Lawson criteria (break even) would satified in a few more years after that. This definitely a boondoogle - although it has some neat toys I'd love to play with.