ARI SHAPIRO, HOST:
Energy from nuclear fusion has been a part of science fiction for generations.
(SOUNDBITE OF MONTAGE)
DANIEL DAE KIM: (As Raymond) Doctor, we have a successful fusion reaction.
ROBERT DOWNEY JR: (As Tony Stark) Stark Tower is about to become a beacon of self-sustaining, clean energy.
MARK HAMILL: (As Luke Skywalker) Ready for some power?
BEN BURTT: (As R2D2, beeping).
HAMILL: (As Luke Skywalker) OK.
BRUCE GREENWOOD: (As Christopher Pike) Spock detonated a cold fusion device.
MICHAEL J FOX: (As Marty McFly) What are you doing, doc?
CHRISTOPHER LLOYD: (As Dr. Emmett Brown) I need fuel.
SHAPIRO: Well, yesterday, Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm announced that scientists had reached a real-life…
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