The world has a voracious appetite for energy and recently a politically correct interest in “clean” energy, a healthy concern but one poorly understood by the public. So it was shocking to read a major article in Defense News, a pillar of support for the establishment, being critical of the Departments of Defense and Energy for failing to pursue a new fusion technology – the holy grail of clean, inexpensive and inexhaustible energy supply. This issue has great importance, but it is a sad tale about government arrogance and the fading dreams of a national human treasure.