[E. Pluribus Unum]

LENR has been around an awfully long time to still be in the prototype/testing stage.

I wonder why that might be?

[piytar]

Good point.

[chrisser]

I wonder why that might be?

Nefarious intent aside, if there's no working theory available to explain the results, it's awfully difficult to build a device that can operate safely. There's no framework to predict what might happen. I'd have to think these guys are just plodding around in the dark, tweaking here and there just to see what will happen.

Imagine someone who stumbled onto nuclear fission, maybe by building a radioactive pile and noticing it got warm, but didn't have the theory to predict critical mass, or even suspect that critical mass was a factor. Could easily build a bomb by mistake.

[Paladin2]

It,s apparently tough to kick off and doesn’t,t burn fuel fast enough to generate much net energy.

[wattsgnu]

My only explanation for the long development time is that the mainstream science rejected it because it doesn’t fit any known nuclear model. This is the same mainstream science that says AGW is not open to debate. I will be reading up on Pons and Fleischmann from the original cold fusion days in the ‘70’s. Science is not supposed to be run like the Inquisition with non-believers discredited/disgraced by those in power.I haven’t made up my mind yet, but I don’t trust mainstream anything anymore.