High Temperature Fusion

Since 1952, the U.S has spent 1 billion dollars a year for hot fusion (56 Billion dollars.  In todays dollars, that would be between 150-200 billion dollars. What do we have to show for it? Hot fusion will most probably never work.  It is a engineering nightmare.  If that money was diverted to alternative energy programs, we would see a drastic improvement in our environment and a significant decrease in our dependence on foreign oil.