rawbytes writes “For
the last few years, mentioning cold fusion around scientists has been a
little like mentioning Bigfoot or UFO sightings. After the 1989
announcement of fusion in a bottle
and the subsequent retraction, the whole idea of cold fusion seemed a
bit beyond the pale. But that’s all about to change.
A very reputable,
very careful group of scientists at the University of Los Angeles
(Brian Naranjo, Jim Gimzewski, Seth Putterman) has initiated a fusion
reaction using a laboratory device that’s not much bigger than a
breadbox, and works at roughly room temperature.
This time, it looks like the real thing.” From the article:
“Scientists
have gotten fusion to occur in the laboratory before, but for the most
part, they’ve tried to mimic conditions inside the sun by whipping
hydrogen gas up to extreme temperatures or slamming atoms together in
particle accelerators. Both of those options require huge energies and
gigantic equipment, not the sort of stuff easily available to build a
generator. Is there any way of getting protons close enough together
for fusion to occur that doesnt require the energy output of a large
city to make it happen? The answer, it turns out, is yes.”
Source: Slashdot.com
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June 18th, 2005 at 23:29
Bull shit. Cold fusion will never be a economically feasable. It’s true that we are composed of atoms made in huge fusion reactors(stars) but economics was not involved during our construction. Petrol will be fueling us for another 5 years. then grim times begin. Fuck fusion, try to find more uranium so we can live for a few more.