Ok, Joe, are you having a bad day or something? Did your gf kick you in the jewels or something? Geesh!
I agree with pHaestus: it's a hobby, and it's going to be that, mostly, for quite some time. As you've pointed out so often, it's no good for reliability, because there's always a danger of leaks.
As with everything else, what I think we'll see, is an improvement in the reliability of watercooling gears: let's face it, right now, there are way too many things that could go wrong.
With that in mind, the key words are going to be redundancy and failsafe. Unfortunately, that comes at a price too, so it's back to a cost/benefit issue. Overclocking is, and should always be treated as a separate aspect of using our gears.
Phase change will most definitely make some progress: as a hobby, it's so complicated that one has to spend an outrageous amount of time simply learning about it. I myself wouldn't get into it right now, and I have spent a large amount of time researching the subject.
Pelt cooling will probably see some progress too, as long as new pelts come out. Right now, it's a pretty quiet field.
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