Saw that. But I always wonder if it will be given to the masses cheaply.

Very interesting.

Big money interests are sure to have some serious sway in something this big. There's no Fairy Godmother of Societal Good to sprinkle Cold Fusion goodness around the world for the benefit of humankind. Our only hope would be that fully government funded research would be made available as public domain free rights to the use of the process. You can be sure that would never happen. Conservatives would be crying that it was socialism and a sure path to hell.