[ExI] Remember ITER?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Sun, Apr 28, 2013 at 12:27:14AM +0200, Stefano Vaj wrote:

> http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/one-giant-leap-for-mankind-13bn-iter-project-makes-breakthrough-in-the-quest-for-nuclear-fusion-a-solution-to-climate-change-and-an-age-of-clean-cheap-energy-8590480.html

As the resident sourpuss:

2050 for first fusion plants is useless, because by then thin-film
PV will be the cheapest (and only available) energy source by far.
So there would be no economic incentive to build these, at
least as terrestrial energy sources.

there are good chances ITER will be scrapped due to lack of funding.