I seem to remember a couple of scientists claiming to have created a fusion reaction a couple of years ago, only to be unable to repeat the process under scientific scrutiny, but fusion is the world's wet dream, and not far away I reckon. Our reliance on oil has got daft. I'm not going to go off on one, but it's exploitation of our environment is simply to damaging for it to continue much longer, without even mentioning the influence Saudi Arabian oil wealth is investing in Muslim lunatics the world over, be it 'harmlessly' in religious investment, our collective reliance on oil is generating. Their were only two regimes in the world that had diplomatic ties with the Taliban in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia. Speaks volumes about the current brand of Islam attacking civilization, like 9/11, the Iraqi insurgency, bomb attacks in Spain and London, the murder of German tourists in Egypt. *sigh* Not at this stage, and I wonder if it will ever will be, to fuel our ever energy demanding economies, fella! For the present, Nuclear power is our best option, the cleaner option will materialize, in all of our lifetimes I reckon given the incredible breakthroughs in science that are happening now, and a way to get all our nuclear waste will be found to deposit it into space, we are currently putting underground; ever the optimist me!