[ExI] Nuclear Fusion - Friend or Foe?

[BillK]

Apologies for yet another depressing article. Sorry!

I've just read a long article (translated from the Italian) by a
retired nuclear researcher.
We have been hoping that nuclear fusion might provide lots of cheap
energy and solve our energy problems.
He is concerned that the research is supported by the search for
military applications.

<https://www.senecaeffect.com/2022/10/the-dark-side-of-nuclear-fusion-new.html>

Quote:
Basically, research on nuclear fusion, sometimes touted as a benign
technology able to produce energy "too cheap to meter," is mainly
justified by its military applications. The search is for an "inertial
confinement device," something that would detonate without the need
for a trigger in the form of a conventional fission bomb. These
devices could cover a range of destructive power that could go from
tactical warheads to planet-bursting weapons.
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Why does everything have to made into weapons for destruction?
Does humanity have an irresistible desire to commit suicide?

BillK