Personally I hope Fusion power is developed soon.. It looked like NIF was doing well back 3 or 4 years ago(saw it in the National Geographic and then did alot of research) but aparently it didn't acheive what it hoped, cause I haven't heard much from it there.
Fusion would be nice. The cons if I remember correctly mainly dealt with the increadible initial cost of such a plant. Supposidly clean, and NIF was expected to produce one heck of alot of energy. So really cost and the fact taht we haven't figured it all out yet is what is wrong with Fusion.
That and I remember reading somewhere that if we figure out Cold Fusion it would be possible for people to make Nuclear weapons at home... which sounds a bit extreme to me.. but meh.
Anyways, I don't car for Nuclear Fision power alot.. seems it causes several drawbacks.. though I guess it is better then coal/oil. But I am a fan of Nuclear Fusion.. we just gotta work the kinks out.
As for the capitalistic comments, true it works that way... but will it work fast enough on its own? the government could try and spur it a bit. Perhaps by somehow rewarding the first one to develop a pratical fusion plant or some such.
