Nuclear fusion breakthrough

The joke about fusion energy is that we’re always 30 years away from it becoming a reality. This sounds like it may be a very big deal:

The US Department of Energy is expected to announce Tuesday that scientists have for the first time successfully produced a nuclear fusion reaction resulting in a net energy gain, according to the Financial Times and The Washington Post.

The result of the experiment would be a massive step in a decadeslong quest to unleash an infinite source of clean energy that could help end dependence on fossil fuels. Researchers have for decades attempted to recreate nuclear fusion – replicating the fusion that powers the sun.

Scientists at the National Ignition Facility at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California made the discovery, according to The Post.

I have no technical expertise (I hope we hear from Cheryl) but this could be a very big win for the wizards in their ongoing competition with the prophets.