Solar power with a difference as ITER nuclear fusion assembly starts

You know, I heard about this when France was selected to have this fusion reactor. Because the only other competitor was Japan, and they decided against Japan, because of the risk of earthquakes. I guess the Fukushima disaster really proved that point full well.

Well it’s nice to see that it’s now finally being built, and that we’re a lot closer to this fusion plant becoming reality. Because when I heard about when these fusion plants could be up and running back then, in 2006, I really thought it was a long way away. But now that were in 2020, we obviously don’t have to worry about waiting so long anymore, considering that we may be within 15 years of it happening. We’re a lot further along in this progress from when it was announced, obviously, that’s what I’m trying to say.

Fusion has been 20 yrs away for 40 yrs. Don't think that will change in my lifetime. it will always be 20 yrs away. Something always happens that wasn't taken into account. 1 second of fusion isn't something that will replace fission reactors or all the solar, wind, wave, geothermal, coal plants needed today.

Fission nuclear reactions have been found in nature.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_nuclear_fission_reactor only 100kW but it ran for a few hundred thousand years.

ITER will at most show proof of concept at huge cost, if we are lucky it might reach over unity but will not run continuously or produce power for the grid. If all goes well they may be in a position to design a generating reactor, which will then need to be built. Fusion is much like the early days of Fission power generation when it was hyped as going to be so cheap they would be giving it away! Instead it is so expensive it has needed subsidies to this day. Fusion reactors on the ITER model will be huge and hugely expensive.