While Andrea Rossi has stated that he hopes to be able to provide cheap, clean energy for the world, and in building a manufacturing base for E-Cat technology create many jobs, he finds himself having to work under significant constraints, in large measure because of the business model he has chosen to operate under.

A closeup shot of an eCat reactor chamber. As you can clearly see, the reactor is very small indeed. Taken 29th April, 2011.