# The big idea: will fusion power save us from the climate crisis?

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-big-idea-will-fusion-power-save-us-from-the-climate-crisis/
- Published: 2023-04-08T10:00:34-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Illustration: Elia Barbieri / The Guardian. Article by Philip Ball. The Guardian – April 3, 2023. One look at your energy bills this winter might have convinced you that the 1950s idea that electricity would, in the near future, become “ too cheap to meter ” was not so much a false promise as a sick joke. That over-excited claim was prompted by hopes that nuclear fusion – the process triggered in an uncontrolled manner in hydrogen bombs – would soon be harnessed for […] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com