Well, nobody really influential talks much about LENR or Cold Fusion but they are certainly interested. Yesterday news that Bill Gates is discussing it in Italy with ENEA is one inidicator. Also yesterday news about the Brillouin patent application seems to have som importance, as well as the Panorama coverage of Andrea Rossi. Lets have look on what I believe to be the prime indicator of LENR – The oil price. People with influence might not talk much about it, but they sure as hell act on it (and have done so for some time)…
Here is the complete LENR (Cold Fusion) / Oil price timeline. Also note the influence from the Beijing meating with Obama, Putin and Xi Jinping on November 10th (as reported on CNN):