FUSION POWER IS FINALLY STARTING TO LOOK IMMINENT.

 IT'S SO CLOSE WE CAN ALMOST TASTE IT.

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Isn't it true that if something sounds too good to be true, it probably is? Normally, we'd say sure, but nuclear fusion technology, which promises clean, almost infinite electricity, is said to be on the verge of becoming a reality. According to the Financial Times, fresh breakthroughs may finally tip the scales after nearly six decades of promises but few results.

"Fusion is coming, faster than you think," Andrew Holland, executive director of the Fusion Industry Association, told the publication.

Nuclear fusion could provide a lot of advantages. It would produce less waste than nuclear fission and, as far as we know, would never result in a disaster like Chernobyl. Plans to discharge radioactive water into Cape Cod Bay and the Pacific deserve a side-eye.

Fusion would not only be cleaner, but it would also be far more effective. According to the Financial Times, one glass of the fuel it would utilise contains the energy equivalent of one million gallons of oil and could power a home for 800 years. Imagine being able to handle 800 years of electricity in one hand.

The issue is, of course, that the technology is notoriously difficult to maintain. No public or private company has yet succeeded in building a fusion reactor that generates more energy than it consumes.

Money is pouring into the IT sector. According to the Financial Times, Silicon Valley investor Sam Altman recently invested $375 million in Helion, a fusion business based in the United States.

We're a little too jaded to get our hopes up just yet, but nuclear fusion might play a significant part in saving the globe if it becomes a reality. Climate change, green and renewable energy, and less waste are all promises made by nuclear fusion.

Let's hope that investors like Altman stick with it to the end.