[AZLiberty]

I was interested in the 28MeV figure. The claim is that this amount of energy is released in the conversion of 2 deuterium atoms into one helium atom.

Let’s scale this up to common quantities. Let’s take a “mole” of deuterium molecules, D2. A mole, as you may recall from high school, is 6.022 x 10**23 molecules, which for deuterium weighs about 4 grams. If you multiply 28MeV times this number (i.e., you convert an entire mole of D2 into helium), you get an enormous number of MeV, which ultimately converts to about 70,000 KwH, or about $7,000 worth of energy at current rates (10 cents/KwH) from 1/7 of an ounce of heavy hydrogen.

Let me repeat, complete cold fusion of 4 grams of D2 to helium produces 70,000 KwH of energy. By comparison, the combustion of 4 grams of gasoline produces about 0.006 KwH of energy. You can see from this that cold fusion has enormous potential, and this explains why someone one suggested that you could run a car for a million miles on a few ounces of cold fusion “fuel”.

Thank you, Kevmo, for bringing this to our attention.

[AZLiberty]

Oops, it’s 24 MeV, not 28 Mev, so reduce the 70,000 KwH to 60,000 KwH, and the $7K to $6K. Still huge.

[Kevmo]

70,000 KwH of energy contrasted with 0.006 KwH
***So that’s 8 orders of magnitude more energetic, right?

This is why it’s so ridiculous to hear skeptopaths say that it’s a measurement error. Ok, I get it, if it were ONLY 3 orders of magnitude more energetic. But when we’re looking at something that’s 8 orders of magnitude more energetic, it doesn’t really matter if you measure it down to the 3rd decimal point. It is a HUGE amount more energetic.

[Kevmo]

You can see from this that cold fusion has enormous potential
***And yet, I have been asked multiple times why I keep posting on this topic.

[Wonder Warthog]

In actual fact, sufficient calorimetric data exists to show that the 24MEV/nucleon correlates very well with the “excess heat” expected from the reaction D2 + D2 —> He4.

Data was collected by simultaneous use of calorimetric data to measure energy ou and mass spectroscopy to measure He4 formed.