This is not a repeat of the suggestion that dense hydrogen is the same species as "dark matter" ... but there is a good case for that proposition.

It is about "dark" as in evil. If there is a foreseeable downside to LENR, it is the possibility of weaponization. Not just that - it is the easy weaponization of commonly available materials, which makes it much scarier than nukes.

In the past, observers of the LENR scene - who delve into almost every remote possibility for anomalous energy - have not wanted to talk about the possibility of a cold-fusion bomb. Even when P&F reported their amazing meltdown, the implications were minimized. It is an uncomfortable topic since for one thing, weaponization could provide Federal regulators with a ready made excuse, should they want to limit research into the field at the behest of the fossil fuel industry, for instance.

However, the reality of our technological world - which is fed by the WWW and knows no boundaries - is that there is no field of human endeavor which benefits from intentional neglect: the ostrich meme - buying one's head in the sand. The worst possible approach for any Nation is to look the other way and ignore the dark side. If there is any likelihood that LENR can do harm, it is better that we (e.g. the free world) discover it first - so as to better prepare for the eventual situation where our enemies, or former friends, will consider the NiH bomb to be a golden opportunity for their own purposes.

If Holmlid is correct to the extent that irradiating the dense allotrope of deuterium - UDD - using a small laser - can result in the "quark soup" disintegration of the target particle into muons, in addition to nuclear fusion, then the potential to do immense harm cannot be over-estimated. The destructiveness of the small laser reaction increases by orders of magnitude over the fissionable nukes - from MeV to GeV. The same situation exists if a "critical mass" level exists.

Over the years, at least 6 more reports and likely more, have emerged of a runaway reaction in LENR like the one P&F reported, or in one case even more impressive. Any runaway reaction would point to the existence of a critical-mass parameter.

The suitcase nuke, scary enough but achievable, then evolves into the water-bottle size, or pen size (laser pointer size) - which is deliverable by drone and feasible to the wealthy investor of almost any country.


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