More on recent fusion developments: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/your-book-review-the-f...
I am no scientist, so it is hard for me to know if team optimistic or team pessimistic is right. But even if it is the latter, I think we should put more money and research on it!
FYI she's largely been debunked as a fear monger. She swings the pendulum too far in the other direction when reality is somewhere in between.
Unless maybe if somebody figures out aneutronic fusion but we are nowhere close yet.
(He used to be one of those guys inside an ICBM silo during the Cold war)
Moller at least had a brief prototype that hovered.
There are probably real scientists, engineers, and approaches, but it's probably about fleecing dumb investors at a fundamental level.