Virginia’s fusion power plant: A step toward infinite energy – If successful, it could power 150,000 homes without the environmental downsides of fossil fuels.

From the article

>After over 100 locations around the world were scouted, CFS chose a 100-acre (40.5-ha) plot of land in Chesterfield County in Virginia for the ARC – an acronym for “Affordable, Robust, Compact” – to be built. This fusion power plant aims to produce a continuous 400 megawatts of clean, virtually limitless energy by the early 2030s.

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>[Fusion power](https://newatlas.com/energy/iter-private-companies-nuclear-fusion-collaboration/?itm_source=newatlas&itm_medium=article-body) represents a near-perfect energy solution. It’s abundant, clean, and sustainable. A single gram of fuel can produce as much energy as 10 tons (9 tonnes) of coal and could theoretically power one US home for 850 years while producing much lower levels of radioactive waste that poses a much lower risk than that produced in plants that rely on nuclear fission.

>Virginia’s ARC reactor project could pave the way for a better future. While some challenges still need to be overcome, if CFS is able to deliver on its promises, limitless, clean energy could step out of science fiction and into reality.

Can someone bum me out about this? I am getting optimistic.