[12_throw_away]

> An energy breakthrough is really required to get the world back on track

Not really, the energy technologies we've needed have been around for about half a century, with quite reasonable economics (albeit less and less so, as the time pressure increases), especially compared to the alternative. The problems that need to be solved are political and economic, not technical.

[DaiPlusPlus]

> The problems that need to be solved are political and economic, not technical.

You're saying the technical problems involved in fusion power have already been solved. They haven't.

[James_K]

He's talking about problems with the world, not with fusion power. We don't need a magic bullet to make all our problems disappear, we just need to apply the resources we have in a consistent and correct manner.

[12_throw_away]

> You're saying the technical problems involved in fusion power have already been solved

Nope, try reading it again.