My guess on what's going on is something similar to Dean Kamen's 1kW water purifier which will use any fuel including animal dung to provide electricity by night and potable water by day using his Stirling engine.
Rossi mentioned the US partner wanted to use his invention for humanitarian reasons. This would fit in nicely with people like Kamen, the Gates Foundation and even Serge and Larry to provide improvements in the life of the third world. In these countries, many lives could be saved daily with his energy source. Safety and regulatory issues be damned. If you were Steve Jobs, isn't this the type of legacy you would want to leave: iDie vs. iLive? Apple has more money than the US government. T
