Besides, initial units will end up closer to $1000 than $500 due to mandated safety features and the governments where they are sold will slap a tax on the cartridges equal to the lost tax on BTUs they can produce as they replace the nat gas, coal, or electric taxes the consumer was previously paying. Taxes included, the cartridges will cost $200 instead of $10. Remember, carbon taxes aren’t really about pollution, they are about diverting money from wealthy nations to poor nations.
That’s here in the USA. Other countries won’t be so quick to slap on taxes for BTUs that were never there in the first place.
I dunno. Remember, this will be replacing carbon fuels. It would be hard to justify putting a tax on e-cats and subsidizing solar, wind, and the rest of the "carbon reduction" technologies at the same time. Who knows, they might even subsidize e-cats instead. Logically (but what politicians are ever logical?), it could go either way.
This could revolutionize the economy because of cheap energy. They would be smart to leave it alone and let taxes come out from increased production and commerce. This should also be able to be used for autos, trucks, ships etc. reducing the cost of transporting the items produced. Everything should become more affordable for the average person and low income countries should benefit greatly as well, providing of course that this is real and the government keeps it's filthy, squelching hands off of the thing.