[Wonder Warthog]

"Given the economic stakes in examining cold fusion, I can’t see why we shouldn’t shift priorities a bit and provide cold fusion with 10% of the hot fusion fiasco budget."

I'd settle for 1% (given that $250 BILLION has been spent, with no end in sight). But the "hot fusioneers" are such dog-in-the-manger SOB's that they have even interfered with the donation of PRIVATE funding for CF research (see Hagelstein's attempt to get a few $10K's and the interference by the MIT "hot fusioneers" in seeing that said funding was withdrawn, and that the jobs of those recommending the funding were put in jeopardy).

[Moonman62]

Hagelstein's attempt to get a few $10K's and the interference by the MIT "hot fusioneers" in seeing that said funding was withdrawn, and that the jobs of those recommending the funding were put in jeopardy

Maybe that's because Hagelstein's training is in electrical engineering, not the shadiest area of chemistry. His association with the flaky JET Energy couldn't have helped either.