Haha, you are most welcomed here in Crazy Engineers bro.
About the technology's ramifications.. I'll just say some things as a brief.
Well, the first thing that came to my mind was politics. At this day and age, the superpowers of this world are highly suspicious of each other and would always be one step ahead of the others. If (or rather when) this tech become a reality, it would be a battle of who gets his hands on it first, along with how to avoid others getting it. Why? because the potential of being such a powerful way of transportation without obstacles.
I would say it is a wonderful discovery and we engineers would have seen it as a marvel that everyone can benefit. Unfortunately there are others who see it as a weapon or tool to get the upper hand over others. I can imagine some ambitious general waiting to use this technology and develop new military strategies that can be potentional devastating.
What can be possible is if there is some sort of regulation. A regulatory body that specifically handles this technology and is autonomous. That is, no one government can control it. I doubt there is such kind of international body that is totally autonomous. UN is mostly backed up financially and logistically by the US anyway. Its going to be a great challenge, I suppose. So.. thats about it for now. As for social ramifications.. I'd have to think about that later!
