I Wonder....
What would happen if fusion began to consume more than time, money, and energy? You know how it often goes with humans and their very best ideas: Antibiotics ---> Superbugs; Fission reactors ---> Core meltdowns leading to uninhabitable environments; Industrial revolution ---> Raise the temperature of the planet, melting the ice caps, causing droughts, and starving people; etc. etc.
You don't suppose it might be possible to lose containment on super-heated plasma that turns the Earth into another star, do you?
The Fermi Paradox supposes there is some technological advancement that leads to the end of every advance civilization.
There is a high likelihood that in time we'll locate that technology even if fusion isn't it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
