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Strauss viewed hydrogen fusion as the ultimate power source. He was eager to develop the technology as quickly as possible and urged the Project Sherwood researchers to make rapid progress, even suggesting a million-dollar prize to the individual or team that succeeded first.<ref>Bromberg, Joan Lisa (1982) ''Fusion: Science, Politics, and the Invention of a New Energy Source'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, [https://archive.org/details/fusionsciencepol0000brom/page/97 p. 44], {{ISBN|0-262-02180-3}}</ref> However Strauss was not optimistic about the rapid commercialization of fusion power. In August 1955 after fusion research was made public, he cautioned "there has been nothing in the nature of breakthroughs that would warrant anyone assuming that this [fusion power] was anything except a very long range—and I would accent the word 'very'—prospect."{{sfn|Wellock|2016}}
==Other uses==
The phrase became famous enough that it has been used in many contexts since then. It is often raised in the context of [[post-scarcity]] topics. For instance, landline (and cable) [[internet bandwidth]] is now often billed on a flat monthly fee with no usage limits, and it is predicted that the introduction of [[5G]] will do the same for mobile data, making it "too cheap to meter."<ref>{{cite techreport |url=https://www.abiresearch.com/market-research/product/1024356-5g-too-cheap-to-meter/ |title=5G: Too Cheap to Meter? |date=2016 |publisher=ABI}}</ref> The same has been said for technology as a whole.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.wired.com/2009/06/mf-freer/ |title=Tech Is Too Cheap to Meter: It’s Time to Manage for Abundance, Not Scarcity |first=Chris |last=Anderson |magazine=Wired |date=22 June 2009}}</ref>
== See also ==
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