They never said that about wind and solar. it was always about decarbonization.
fusion is about providing unbelievably cheap power at scale.
Part of the subsidy farming business model is never to succeed. If you let that happen the subsidies go away. So it’s a cast iron certainty that there will never be a viable fusion power system in Tennessee or anywhere else.
I’m nearly 80. I won’t be around in 2040 to say “I told you so”. So I’ll say it now. >I.Told.You.So< Put that in your safety deposit box and take it out on Jan 1, 2040.
Now if they promised us a molten salt thorium reactor I’d be all over it. Cheap, safe, almost 100% waste free, creates its’ own fuel once you get it running..... It’s already been done once, and it’s easily scale-able. Thorium is plentiful; you can even extract it from coal.
But the subsidy farmers don’t like it. No long-term potential.