I am skeptical but the possibilities are awesome.
A new industry and jobs.
and
Terrorism would have to fund itself
If this one fails, another one will succeed, building on Joule’s research and mistakes. Petroleum will one day (soon, I hope) become obsolete.
Evail private industry, with profit motive, RULES!!
Maybe Obama will order the technology trasfer to the Muslim world as he is doing with NASA.
I only hope that it’s not sabotaged like innovations in this area have been done in the past. Why, I don’t know.