No, I'm not talking about some guy in a garage tinkering with magnets claiming to have made a free energy machine. I'm talking about the NIF which is a government funded, multi-billion dollar enterprise set on revolutionizing nuclear power production.

"The world's largest and highest-energy laser, the National Ignition Facility (NIF), was dedicated on May 29, 2009. In 2010, NIF will begin experiments that will focus the energy of 192 giant laser beams on a BB-sized target filled with hydrogen fuel. NIF's goal is to fuse the hydrogen atoms' nuclei and produce NET ENERGY GAIN – the same fusion energy process that makes the stars shine and provides the life-giving energy of the sun."

https://lasers.llnl.gov/

Check it out. The website is full of awesome videos, animations, and pictures explaining in layman's terms how the NIF works. It gives me hope for the future!