The steam reactor I guess you might be describing is tokamak, which i agree will be a dead end technology.
There are interesting small fusion reactors that skip the steam step. They compress plasma magnetically, and when the fusion happens, the expanding plasma in turn expands the magnetic field, and the energy is harvested directly from the field. No steam and turbines.
There are interesting small fusion reactors that skip the steam step. They compress plasma magnetically, and when the fusion happens, the expanding plasma in turn expands the magnetic field, and the energy is harvested directly from the field. No steam and turbines.
Here is the video where I learned about it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bDXXWQxK38
Maybe any physicists in this thread could share insight on how feasible this is?
Your main point stands of course: this is a moonshot project, and solar works TODAY!