Wrong, of course. Many experiments have shown positive energy levels, some quite high. Yours is the typical knee-jerk response of those who have not bothered to read the actual published work on the experiments. Sufficient validated data is available for the Pd/D2 system to show that the major pathway yields He4, and that the calorimetry shows ~24 MEV/nucleon formed. Minor side reactions yield tritium, and a hodge-podge of adducts formed from other elements present.
The Ni/H2 system has less data on what the final product(s)are.
And I think we'll see working LENR reactors well before any thorium fission reactors can be brought to commercial reality (not because of a lack of technology, but politics and the green movement simply won't allow it. There are at least half a dozen companies pursuing commercialization of LENR(how many companies working on thorium reactors??)
Note....I'm not by any means anti-fission. When I got my PhD in chem, I actually minored in nuclear science, so I have a reasonable background in "things nuclear".
Me: “No observable energy generated.”
You: Wrong, of course.
I was referencing the subject studies which produced no observable energy.
” Yours is the typical knee-jerk response of those who have not bothered to read the actual published work on the experiments. “
I have read the published works and watched the videos. I would rate their experiments an “F”.
Signed, Senior Nuclear Test Engineer
“Sufficient validated data is available for the Pd/D2 system to show that the major pathway yields He4”
Based on your chemistry and nuclear background, please diagram the ‘major pathway’. Thank you.
“Dick Smith offered Rossi one million dollars to demonstrate that the E-Cat system worked as claimed, while the power through the earth wire was also being measured, which Rossi refused.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_Catalyzer
“Many experiments have shown positive energy levels, some quite high. “
Are you referring to the experiments by Rossi who has a history of scam and fraud and spent four years in prison?