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Published online 10 September 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1099
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Europe's energy funding 'unbalanced'
International Energy Agency calls for more funds for non-nuclear technologies in Europe.
The European budget for fusion research is "seriously flawed", and more funds should be shifted instead towards non-nuclear energy fields, according to the leading intergovernmental advisory body on energy policy.
In its first review of the European Commission's energy policy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) also says that current European funding for energy research in all fields is insufficient.
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With ITER's theoretical values of energy production, it would be a shame to watch fusion research go on the back burners again, just to be marked as a hoax. I can only hope that ITER picks up as much speed as the LHC in terms of publicity; it truly is a beautiful concept.