> While several government laboratories have reported plasma temperatures above 100M degrees in conventional tokamaks, this milestone has been achieved in just five years, for a cost of less than £50m ($70m), in a much more compact fusion device.
Governments should only fund things. They should not actually run them.
This private company was only able to move so quickly and cheaply because government labs had already shown how to do it. If anything, this case is evidence against your view.
Governments should only fund things. They should not actually run them.