The Helios

The Helios is a work of speculative fiction. What might happen in our world should there be a sudden discovery of a new source of energy that obsoletes all of the world's current energy supply? Would this new inexhaustible, non-polluting energy source be a panacea or a curse? Would the world economy collapse as a result? Are there those in the world that would try to circumvent the introduction? And why would they? Or is this new technology really a malevolent threat to the world order?