Bubble Fusion takes next hurdle

Heise onlin ^ | 18.07.2005 | Haiko LIetz

[Boiler Plate]

What's the old saying? There's always something new under the sun?

According to King Solomon
"There is NOTHING new under the sun"
Ecclesiastes 1:9

[muawiyah]

This is actually "hot" fusion ~ those collapsing bubbles generate tremendous temperatures.

The first reports on cold fusion involved the use of platinum which has a tremendous ability to absorb hydrogen gas. I've always suspected it was that characteristic, more than any other, that gave rise to the strange results that were interpreted/misinterpreted as demonstrating fusion.

[benjaminjjones]

On a more series note, I say:

"Go for it you whacky Physicists!"

I spent the first two years in college on that route, but I excaped (sic) to EE, LOL.

I do remember following that whole Cold Fusion thing, so I'll withhold my opinion.

Redsox won at last.

[BlazingArizona]

The big question is can it be commercialized

If we can keep the government's mitts off this technology, perhaps it can be commercialized. If not, we'll end up with an FDA of energy - which would mean no energy.

[grey_whiskers]

We'll see, but my paltry 5 years of Nuclear Engineering training is severely balking at the physics and the engineering.

Is there a different purported mechanism for the cavitation fusion than hot fusion, or is the idea that the density is so much greater as the bubble collapses, that even with a vanishingly small reaction cross section, you have so many collisions that you get appreciable output?

[Sen Jack S. Fogbound]

Ya know, wouldn't it be neat to have a desktop Nuclear Reactor to power my computer, monitor, and printer?

[Arkie2]

Guess you're right but man has yet to discover everything that is "under the sun". That's the beauty of science. It isn't stagnant. Nuclear fission wasn't contemplated 200 years ago even though it was always possible awaiting our undestanding of the principles. Besides, the quote has more to do with human nature than our understanding of nature.

[The Duke]

Well, I think the *real* question is can they do it WITHOUT fingernail polish remover???

THEN they'd have something!

[Boiler Plate]

Arkie,
I don't think you want to use nuclear reactors as an example, in light of the Okla natural reactor in Gabon.

http://www.spacedaily.com/news/early-earth-04n.html

However as you say, man has yet to "Discover" everything, nor will we, but that doesn't mean it doesn't already exist under the Sun. I think Solomon's statement stands by itself without any qualification.

Regards,
Boiler Plate

Regards,
Boiler Plate