[Aric2000]

Whoa,

Antimatter energy makes atomic energy look tiny.

The energy released from the collision of Antimatter and matter will be incrdible.

If that were harnessed, just like in Star Trek, the energy potential is beyond imagination.

In 20 years they would be talking about how the saddams of the world are trying to get hold of antimatter bombs, now THAT would be scary!!

[Pearls Before Swine]

Antimatter energy makes atomic energy look tiny.

Indeed it does. Both are based on the equivalence between matter and energy. In atomic energy--whether fission or fusion--it is only the differences in the masses of the before and after products that are converted to energy. The percentage difference as a mass fraction is fairly small. In a matter/antimatter collision, everything is converted to energy!

[Salgak]

Actually, it's not beyond imagination. A matter-antimatter reaction will release the energy equivalent of twice the mass of the antimatter. That is, the mass of the anti-matter, and an equivalent mass of matter, are totally converted to energy. The old standby, E equals m c-squared.

It makes the biggest nuke look like a kiddy firecracker.

By "large quantitities", they're likely talking micrograms, or milligrams at most. Previous production has been in the several-atomic-particles to several-atoms range. . .