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Lord_ByronRealistically, we could fuse atoms and release energy within about 2 years. But the financial investment, energy needed, and effort wouldn't be worth the payout. We could see the first energy chain within 20 years, and possibly see fusion powering homes within 50.
miroz"Fusion energy is always 50 years away." We've got a longgggg way to go with laser confinement fusion to make energy. The problem that NIF has now is that the laser isn't providing perfectly even compression of the target and so it doesn't stay confined long enough to produce enough energy to reach the necessary threshold.
...but seriously, did you write this (or copy/paste)? Pretty thorough explanation. There's also magnetic confinement fusion, hence all the research into tokamaks. The latest foray in this direction is ITER. It'll be really interesting if it ever works; already, it's a pretty neat glimpse into intercontinental large-scale research.
Huck_NorrisLol give it up retard.