See: http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20327171.100-interview-fusion-in-a-cold-climate.html
Abstract For most researchers, any mention of cold fusion brings back memories of a shameful period in modern science. Now, 20 years after Martin Fleischmann instigated this field, he tells Jon Cartwright that he could not have done anything differently, and that if we cannot get fusion of some sort to work on a large scale soon, we're doomed
