Science Magazine takes a position on the futility of fusion research

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn8827.html

"Nuclear fusion will never be a practical source of electrical power,
argues a prominent scientist in the journal Science.

Even nuclear fusion's staunchest advocates admit a power-producing
fusion plant is still decades away at best, despite forty years of
hard work and well over $20 billion spent on the research. But the new
paper, personally backed by the journal's editor, issues a strong
challenge to the entire fusion programme, arguing that the whole
massive endeavour is never likely to lead to anything practical or
useful."

TangoMan