[UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide]

Fusion with nickel absorbs energy, not produces any.

Physics 101

Fail

[backwoods-engineer]

Fusion with nickel absorbs energy, not produces any. Physics 101

Are you thinking of stellar nucleosythesis? That involves a different isotope of nickel.

Here is an explanation of what the author thinks is going on in Rossi's device:

http://www.nyteknik.se/incoming/article3080659.ece/BINARY/Rossi-Focardi_paper.pdf