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Yes, it may well be. Potentially, a huge amount of energy may be obtained from deuterium, and eventually from normal hydrogen. The technology, though, isn't ripe yet, and may well take a few decades more to become mainstream. Some say that the large amounts of money invested in researching fusion would be better invested in energy options that already work, or that can give benefits in the short term, like solar energy, wind energy, etc.

The odd thing about fusion reactor work is that about every 20 years they seem to abandon everything they did before as unworkable, then start with new ideas and announce they expect that they will have it running in under 20 years.

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