If you do web searches on the latest research, you'll see promising innovations. The biggest hinderance to research right now is lack of investment. Governments are still held captive by the fossil fuel industries.
As for my age... that's not really relevant to my belief that human kind will progress to higher standards of living, balance with the environment, and each other. If I'm not alive to see it, then that's unfortunate, but it's still going to happen.
We simply cannot continue on our current path if we want to survive the coming global challenges. This goes for all countries, not just the ones that are developing.
I agree with parts 2 and 3, but not with the first part.
fossil fuel has almost zero connection to the generation of electricity, which is all fusion is good for....apples and oranges.
If and when it happens, it will take 50 years to replace a substantial number of the existing coal plants.
as for lack of investment, no, not at all. Billions have gone into fusion research, there are some horrendous problems to overcome, and money alone won't fix that. You would get better results spending those billions on public schools. :2razz:
Promising innovations? I spent some time working around nuclear research in Idaho. Promising innovations is what they say when they are seeking more funding to support research in areas where they have yet to succeed, and see no light at the end of the tunnel.
and, to beat my favorite dead horse, our ubersmart leaders have yet to ask us to conserve energy.....the ONE thing we can do now, can do now for free, and definitely works, no research needed.
We waste a very large percentage of our energy, and will continue to do so until the meter is on the "E".....
THEN, there will be a big war, one where we will be the aggressor and we will be killing innocent civilians in other countries because they were using "our" energy....