Fantastic potential - if it works.
But does anyone see how this could really upset the dynamics of how much of the world operates today? With vast amounts of power available to the individual, what need have most of us for the existing infrastructure of delivering energy, when we could br running it out of a small reactor in the back yard? And the potential of destruction, with small, concentrated power units, set in a confined place, could wreak damage so much more devastating than some mere explosive like C-4 or nitroglycerine.
Once the genie is out of the bottle, even draconian measures would not serve to put it back. With wide access to even small amounts of this power potential, no totalitarian government could contain all the little cells of dissidents, nor would any potential authority figure be safe from the actions of a disgruntled constituent or a cadre of fanatics.
May you live in interesting times.
With vast amounts of power available to the individual, what need have most of us for the existing infrastructure of delivering energy, when we could br running it out of a small reactor in the back yard?
***It would be a classic case of disruptive technology. I think the last time society saw that large of a change was when the automobile became affordable.