The issue of fusion as a viable clean energy source is discussed, fusion which is the process that stars use to produce heat and light. It as a technology has been in the scientific sphere for approximately three-quarters of a century, with it as *the* emerging clean energy technology ebbing and flowing over time. The opposing force to fission used in what is known as traditional nuclear energy with its problems of the radioactive byproduct, fusion has the benefit that its primary input is plentiful - water, seawater which can be used - and that there are none of those problematic byproducts. The primary issue is how to mass produce the energy affordably. While some smaller projects are highlighted, most of the focus in on the multilateral supported ITER - International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor - in Provence, France, the reactor itself which can be described as a mini-sun in its function. The issue with any of these projects, but especially with ITER, is the need for continual large amounts of funding without any tangible outputs expected for one or two generations if at that.
—Huggo