I"m talking about finding gold ~ and almost all of that is taken from diffuse sources like enormous piles of dirt, vast boulder beds, sand and, worst of all, gravel pits (every gravel pit has a gold recovery unit somewhere on the premises).
Wherever gold really is found the discoverers keep it secret. It's a wild west out there.
Then, when you find it the government wants to tap into your good luck with punitive taxes!
The very first really good LENR Systems will be taxed like telephones ~ and "regulated' just in case.
That was a good article since it reflects the reality of gold and LENR development. I"m sure there are other comparable situations.
Are you sure?
Mr. Rossi, still waiting for Kevmo to denounce him as a fraud.
Thanks Kevmo.
Fantastic potential - if it works.
But does anyone see how this could really upset the dynamics of how much of the world operates today? With vast amounts of power available to the individual, what need have most of us for the existing infrastructure of delivering energy, when we could br running it out of a small reactor in the back yard? And the potential of destruction, with small, concentrated power units, set in a confined place, could wreak damage so much more devastating than some mere explosive like C-4 or nitroglycerine.
Once the genie is out of the bottle, even draconian measures would not serve to put it back. With wide access to even small amounts of this power potential, no totalitarian government could contain all the little cells of dissidents, nor would any potential authority figure be safe from the actions of a disgruntled constituent or a cadre of fanatics.
May you live in interesting times.
OMG, It is a government conspiracy to keep this hidden!!!
/sarc off
OMG, It is a government conspiracy to keep this hidden!!!
/sarc off
OMG, It is a government conspiracy to keep this hidden!!!
/sarc off
OMG, It is a government conspiracy to keep this hidden!!!
/sarc off
This is all crap....pay no attention to it.
Yep, the cold fusion water heaters are just around the corner....and will remain so.
The inevitable mention of Kevmo's favorite con artist.
So where's it being used for such purposes?
That's right.
Nowhere.
Still not sure whether to use the pixie dust to get the thing started or use it after it starts to keep it running. Might e-mail Disney ... they are experts in fantasy creations.
Has anyone involved determined the conversion efficiency of this reaction? How much energy can be obtained from a mole of D2O? What are the daughter products? Are you left with helium atoms? or protium atoms? Can you generate more fuel i.e. deutreium and tritium in the process? It’s obviously a chemical reaction, because if it was truly a fusion reaction, the test setup would have vaporized itself, and everything around it. Even if D2 atoms were fusing in a nickel-palladium matrix, the energy resulting would be tremendous. It would have to be a chemical reaction that exploits the unique characterisics of the deuterium atom. With that being said, there is the possibilty that a reaction could occur within the crystalline structure of the catalyst. The only other process that I know of that can produce a sustainable hot fusion reaction is inertial electrostatic confinement. The neutron output is only around 10 17th or so though. The systems make great fast neutron emitters, but they make lousy power plants.
Unless you use 0.196 M hydrogen peroxide. Then you have plenty of chemical heat.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2905533/posts?page=72#72