Chook,
I think this sums up Helium 3. I am no physicist. Sometimes I wish I was. But I do understand that current efforts to create fusion reactions rely on deuterium and yttrium and we don't want those in our water supply. Those are nasty. Helium 3, it is believed could negate the use of those nasties. This doesn't get humanity any farther than hard research does on successfully sustaing a fusion reaction for extended periods of time with net energy accumulation. Read this for more info.
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/heli...um3_000630.html
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