ITER is indeed a sad joke and a dirty stain on the physics establishment. Wouldn't it be ironic if that project was magically savaged and made commercially useful - by the simple expedient of adding on a cheap muon source ... which of course is where the Holmlid licensees are envissioning an opportunity? Muon catalyzed fusion could push that project from slightly above breakeven to massively energetic.
This scenario is not a fantasy dream. Matter of fact, it would be a surprise to me if something like this outcome does not happen in maybe a year or so. Michael Foster wrote: I believe we are engaged in a nostalgic postmortem. No? CF/LENR has been systematically beaten to death by members of the scientific establishment afraid of losing their grants, especially the ITER nuts with the huge budgets.