I think it is inevitable that the means for doing so will appear, despite forces that might want to work the other way. I agree with Fuller that it is an inherent element in evolution. It makes no sense to me that one would have to work half one's life to be able to pay for a box to come home to and sleep in. I can't believe that a car is still this heavy 4 wheel metal thing with a fossil fuel engine. It is nicer to drive in than 50 years ago, but also somebody's trying to push the idea on us that it has to be much more complicated and take specialized technicians with specialized tools and computers to repair.
Energy is probably the most important area to get ephemeralized and put into people's hands.
I don't want to buy energy, I'd like to buy some tools for making or acquiring energy that allow me to produce it for nothing from that point on. There should be no incremental cost for each unit of energy produced, just as a good Internet account shouldn't charge you anything per byte or per message.