Fusion power! (by alaric)
Cheap affordable fusion may be on the horizon...
I've spoken in the past of the wonders of the Fusor, but recent developments in the field have occurred; Robert W. Bussard, of Bussard ramjet fame, has recently claimed that he has a design for a fusor that overcomes the obstacles to power generation, with the output power rising with the fifth power of the radius of the device.
He's just looking for a few hundred million dollars to build a prototype.
Here's hoping somebody pays up, and that it works!