On Apr 14, 3:29*pm, wrote:
On Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:51:38 +0100, Nightjar

wrote:
Apparently, fusion is now only 20 years away - a big advance on the 50
years away it was, umm ... 50 years ago.

It was only 20 years away, 30 years ago.

It is on the horizon......Maybe.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_European_Torus