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To: Red Badger
“Cold Fusion” is in and of itself, a violation of the laws of physics. Heat is a byproduct of fusion. “Cold fusion” implies the absence of heart from fusion, which is a violation of Physics.

They also were unable to give the amount of heat “produced” in BTU terms. What the hell is “10KW” of heat? Watts are the measurement of units of power, not heat. This whole article reeks from consequential B.S.

33 posted on 01/17/2011 7:15:40 AM PST by PSYCHO-FREEP (Patriotic by Proxy! (Cause I'm a nutcase and it's someone else's fault!....))
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
What the hell is “10KW” of heat?

Well......... it's a lot more than 400W , and that's all you need to know before you invest.

: )

49 posted on 01/17/2011 7:30:22 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lame and ill-informed post)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

“What the hell is “10KW” of heat?”

Since one watt is equal to 3.41442595 BTU’s you should be able to do the math.


51 posted on 01/17/2011 7:30:54 AM PST by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
“Cold Fusion” is in and of itself, a violation of the laws of physics. Heat is a byproduct of fusion. “Cold fusion” implies the absence of heart from fusion, which is a violation of Physics.

No, it is not a violation. The "Cold" in Cold Fusion simply refers to the reaction happening at water temperatures rather than in a million-degree plasma. A reaction which heats water to above boiling temperature is still called "cold fusion" but can be used to generate power.

Now, whether "cold fusion" actually can be made to work is another story.

61 posted on 01/17/2011 7:39:08 AM PST by PapaBear3625 ("It is only when we've lost everything, that we are free to do anything" -- Fight Club)
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

In Europe, heat is defined as kW.

Specifically:
1 watt is approximately 3.41214 BTU/h

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_thermal_unit


99 posted on 01/17/2011 8:25:57 AM PST by Gvl_M3
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP
“Cold Fusion” is in and of itself, a violation of the laws of physics.

What laws of physics? There are no scientific laws that trump empirical evidence.

124 posted on 01/17/2011 10:47:47 AM PST by mas cerveza por favor
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To: PSYCHO-FREEP

“Cold Fusion” is in and of itself, a violation of the laws of physics. Heat is a byproduct of fusion. “Cold fusion” implies the absence of heart from fusion, which is a violation of Physics.

They also were unable to give the amount of heat “produced” in BTU terms. What the hell is “10KW” of heat? Watts are the measurement of units of power, not heat. This whole article reeks from consequential B.S.

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Cold fusion does exist, there is no violation of any physical laws. The “Cold” in the name refers to less than the thousands of degrees required to cause the fusion in traditional fusion reactions. The Cold Fusion reactions happen on a very small scale, only a few molecules at a time are actually fused. This group has been testing for about 4 years. Since they have the a huge European electrical company working with them I can only assume that someone sees something of value. If they have a 10KW heater out in a year that only requires 600W of input power then I would say they will be very successful. By the way I don’t know what you are talking about saying that the watt is not a measure of heat, 1 BTU equals 0.0002928 kilowatt-hours. and of course 1 watt = 3.412141633 BTU/Hr.

We have a tendency to think of watts as electricity but it was born in the days of steam engines prior to the wide distribution of electricity.

Since the press conference was attended by 30 physicists I am inclined to wait to make an adverse judgment and hope it is true. If it is I think Arabian Islam will die.


162 posted on 02/02/2011 8:58:41 AM PST by JAKraig (Surely my religion is at least as good as yours)
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