[Wonder Warthog]

Rossi Cold Fusion Italian patent granted:

http://www.uibm.gov.it/uibm/dati/Avanzata.aspx?load=info_list_uno&id=1610895&table=Invention&#ancoraSearch

http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ufficio_italiano_brevetti_e_marchi

I haven’t located an actual news article yet, but thought y’all would be interested. There’s some discussion at the link below, but FR’s auto-link scripting is dropping the last piece of info, so you’ll have to copy/paste to get there:

http://www.mail-archive.com/vortex- href=”mailto:l@eskimo.com”>l@eskimo.com/msg46379.html

[PapaBear3625]

Hot stuff! It clears the way for Rossi to commercialize e-cats in Italy, and probably the rest of the EU.

For those who are concerned about this making a dent in our nickel supply, the reaction gives off 8Mev per nickel atom undergoing transmutation (in contrast, a U235 atom undergoing fission is 200 MeV). Still, that's a LOT of energy. A mole of nickel contains about 6×10²³ atoms, and weighs about 59 grams. 6 MeV per atom would mean that 59 grams would produce 3.6 ×10²⁴ MeV, or 6 ×10¹¹ joules or 1.6 ×10⁵ kWh (thermal). That's a lot of energy per pound of nickel.

(If somebody could double-check my math, that would be appreciated)