Still say the adage "fusion is the energy of the future, and always will be" holds until proven otherwise.
This. I'll believe it when I see it.
Of course I'm excited and today's environment of political and economic stability might make Fusion it's time to shine for if this was a time for technological change to solve large scale global social and economic problems, its now. All that being said, they will probably run out of money or hit a road block in the next two or five years. Either that or the "End of History", sub-5% unemployment and $2 a gallon gas will at least temporarily return in that timeframe.