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To: CMOTB
deuterium - heavy hydrogen - using a piezoelectric crystal

The piezoelectric crystal is simply quarts, and is used in exactly the same way to ignite your BBQ grill.

The key element is the deuterium, and that is not something you can obtain at your local hardware store.

Not to mention, deuterium is not cheap!

25 posted on 04/27/2005 8:50:40 PM PDT by Hunble
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To: Hunble

No... "quarts" is beer. "Quartz" are crystals.


29 posted on 04/27/2005 8:56:37 PM PDT by dc-zoo
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To: Hunble
Not to mention, deuterium is not cheap!

Yeah now, But if there becomes a great demand for it, well there are 4 oceans and 100,000's lakes full of it.

45 posted on 04/27/2005 9:55:54 PM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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To: Hunble
Not to mention, deuterium is not cheap!

While this used to be the case decades ago, it is actually quite inexpensive today. For instance, a cursory Google search turned up this page:

http://www.isotope.com/cil/products/displayproduct.cfm?prod_id=8782

Which offers deuterium oxide (heavy water) to North American customers at $275.00 per kilo. In the world of nuclear reactions this is dirt cheap. Thousands of times more energy, when fused, than contained in a $55 barrel of oil.

And, the supply is limitless.

46 posted on 04/27/2005 10:31:55 PM PDT by CurlyDave
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