Nano-nickle is made from pure nickle wire, so why would nano nicle kill the nickle industry by creating more demand for it?
Japan is leaping ahead in home based fuel cell and electrical development (thanks to the Canadian based Ballard co.) with a limited commercial launch of just such a product which can run with a natural gas hydrogen converter (or hydrogen supply).
Reducing the costs of these type of things with nano nickle and you just might see them popping up in Canadian homes, especially with Canada's abundant natural gas supply. Improvents via nano nickle could make hydrogen generation within the home efficient enough that these things could eventualy could require only a water supply,producing enough hydrogen via electrolysis to run the generator/heater.
As it is, using natural gas they aready produce enough electricity and hot water/ heat for a family of 4, saving 26% of natural gas a normal house goes through on heating alone. They have development potential with nano nickle, which will create a demand for pure nickle wire. (from what I have read, those things need to have their platinum catylist cores replaced periodicly which for now is expensive)
I should add, that IF they ever refine these units to that potential, there isn't enough platinum in the world to meet the potential demand, but with nano nickle development, there is an abundance of nickle in the world that can. This is good news for Ballard.