In the intermediate term, when the nuclear mechanisms of cold fusion are discovered and eventually mastered, the precision transmutation of elements on demand will be as valuable as or more valuable than the production of energy from cold fusion.
The common elements on the earth surface can be converted into the rarest: oxygen and silicon could be transmuted into gold, ruthenium, palladium, rhenium, iridium, rhodium, and osmium. However in densely populated cities, recycling of waste streams may make it advantageous to convert those waste streams into new products. Cool fusion technology will enable other allied technologies which will result in a major impact on society. When a cold fusion transmutation system is integrated with computer driven 3D printer product production, customized products can be manufactured on a one off basis using any manor of element input as a feedstock. Without regard for energy cost or consumption, the cold fusion transmutation system will convert each atom of the input feedstock element into the elements that supports the production of the product to be produced by the 3D printer. Such product production technology will have far reaching impact on the society that will evolve around it. Employment may go the way of the medieval serfdom feudalism society during the Middle Ages as a way of organizing society. The motivation to develop this 3D technology will be irresistible since it will be the most efficient means of product production yet devised and highly efficient at capital utilization; it will be the ultimate and an end point in robotic product production as well as waste recycling.
