Cold fusion: The impact of Rossi's E-cat to the world

The prospect of an energy source that is environmentally clean and free has also been considered a Utopian ideal, something that won't happen in real life. Andrea Rossi's Energy Catalyzer or E-Cat for short is now promising to bring about that Utopia as the dream of cheap energy could suddenly become real.

The E-Cat is a cold fusion device that works fuses hydrogen atoms with nickel to transform it into copper. The resulting fusion reaction creates heat that will drive a turbine. The turbine would then generate electricity. Andrea Rossi and physicist Sergio Focardi have demonstrated the device last October and the E-Cat actually produced an average of 470 kilowatts for more than five hours.

Despite the promising results there are still many questions left unanswered about the E-Cat. For one thing Rossi is tight-lipped about the secret catalyst that's supposed to transform nickel into copper. Scientists are still unconvinced about the device and only repeated demonstrations can prove that it will work for the long term. The process has to be verified and tested exhaustively. Still if the device actually works, there could be a technological revolution that will transform the world.

Ultra cheap energy would be a boon to the flagging world economy. Manufacturers will be able to provide cheaper goods. Households will have a cheaper utility bill which means extra cash to buy products on the market. Energy intensive industries will become more financially feasible.

Transportation will also be affected. With cheaper electricity, electric cars will be a better alternative than combustion engine cars. If the E-Cat works it can be used as a steam engine to propel trucks, trains and even planes. The trucking and shipping industry will be transformed. Shipping prices will go down.

What is to keep the process from reversing, and in doing so, ABSORB a great deal of energy?

Yeah baby...E-cat air conditioning.

Getting the nuclei of four Hydrogen atoms (protons) to somehow fuse with the nucleus of ANY other element runs into a serious problem, right away. The existing nucleus will RESIST the approach of any additional protons, because of being a like charge, much like a magnet. Only the force of HUGE gravitational pressure will force the nuclei of hydrogen atoms to fuse, and that is what is at the heart of fusion. Which is what ignites the fire within a very large closely packed quantity of hydrogen, is this very great gravitational pressure.

Yeah, and I understand there is a gizmo that you can put on your car that makes hydrogen from water with free energy from the alternator. < /sarc >

One thing these shysters always mention is the the P&F effect has been replicated 14,700 times.

From some believer's post:

Pons-Fleishmann effect has been replicated more than 14,700 times.

That is great news! Now, let's look at the source for that claim:

Let's see, it appears to come from:
Frontiers of Physics in China

Wait, I found a source from the incredibly shy, Jed Rothwell:
September 22, 2009 2:16 PM
Jed Rothwell said...

You wrote:

"Am I an expert on this? No."

Then I suggest you read original, peer-reviewed sources written by experts.

". . . but F&P have simply not been replicated, despite numerous attempts."

That is incorrect. The effect has been replicated at well over 200 major laboratories (E. Storms, Los Alamos), in roughly 14,700 experimental runs (J. He, Chines Ac. of Sciences). Most replications that I have observed or read about were successful.

Hmmm, it seems to me that the only sources I could find were from our own Kevmo's endless spamming and the painfully shy Jed-thro Rothwell.

I would like to see multiple sources verifying this number since it's bandied about in every thread. Are the writers trying to reach critical mass so that when people question the number, they can answer," It's settled science". Yeah, like Global Warming.

I would like to see a couple of different, reliable sites confirming this number, until then, it's mere propaganda. Am I supposed to believe the P&F team who were seared, shunned and then declared Persona non grata would sit around knowing the method they found has been confirmed so they can get their credibility back or is this more hucksterism on behalf of the cold fusion true believers?

Do I think cold fusion or LENR is possible? I'm not qualified to say but if they are getting anomalous unexplainable results, then they'd be foolish to stop before they at least figure out the mechanism. If true, it will, not maybe, change the world.

While I might not be qualified on the nuclear physics, I am more than qualified to comment on their test procedures which would have had my physics teachers laugh in my face in front of the whole class. I know some of the slower folks are trying to make a joke about that, no, I was never laughed at in class. Being the first one done on every lab and every test tends to gain respect.

Shut all of us up and produce a peer reviewed journal that verifies the claim. I don't even care if it's 100 instead of 14,700. That would at least imply that there is some there, there which would justify funding for those labs.

Hell, if you want to find out if spanking leads to a homosexual kid, I bet the researchers would get wheelbarrows of money thrown at them and what exactly would the practical result of that type of research be anyway???

Confirm it or stop quoting it.

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