[elihu]

It might. I think most people expect tokomaks to be more practical, but generating power from inertial confinement is at least theoretically possible. It might even be reasonably cost-effective if someone can figure out how to manufacture the hohlraums/fuel capsules cheaply.

[smaudet]

Big if. Chemical problems seem harder than nuclear ones. Less absolute science, more a matter of getting lucky.

[chemmail]

This is ACTUALLY what science is. Discovery.