Yup, the fission boys promised it would be “too cheap to meter”.
I think cold fusion will be cheap, decentralized, versatile, and accessible enough to desalinate along the coasts.
Too cheap to meter was the mantra of the 1960’s.
It was also thought then that we’d be on mars by the 1990’s easy.
Things fell apart in the 70’s.
What’s the difference between then and now.
Computers, software. and networks.This means the speed at which events/inventions/decisions happen is much accelerated and what’s more yearly the acceleration accelerates.