Fusion Power and the Economist Magazine

Through the magic of marketing I received 4 free issues of The Economist. I found it had some great articles until I got to this one about fusion. The idea that fusion research money could be better spent on alternate fuel research is just silly. All the energy on the planet came or comes from fusion and so perhaps mimicking the process that's powered the earth for it's lifetime is a good one to mimic. No alternate fuel source can offer what fusion power can. If the US spends about 1/2 a trillion dollars on the military and most of that is for them to secure energy sources (such as oil). If they had fusion power they could cut back on their military spending since they wouldn't have to worry about power generation (also assuming they can get off the gasoline for car use or at least reduce by hybridization). But then anytime an economist has talked about a social or scientific topic I'm usually terribly ashamed to know they have a university degree. If the project doesn't have a corporation getting more money or if government is doing it then it must be a bad idea. Narrow minded and short sighted, period.