I hope you are right, Jed. But I can hear the response to any request.
"I agree, evidence for CF exists, But you have no idea why or how it
works and you can't make it work very often. We have an energy problem
we need to solve right now using methods that are better understood.
So come back when you have more understanding". How would you respond
to such a rejection? How would you propose a laboratory start the
process of understanding the effect. Several efforts are underway and
have had periodic success. Nevertheless, they are not even close to a
useful explanation that can be believed by normal science. Until
someone can show how the effect can be made to occur every time on
demand, I don't think we can get much public funding. Meanwhile, slow
progress is being made using private funding. This is the right
approach and will eventually provide the information demanded by
public funding agencies.
Ed
On Aug 29, 2008, at 8:40 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
Every second speaker at the Democratic National Convention talked
about energy and plug-in hybrid automobiles. I expect the Republicans
will also have a lot to say about energy. With all this attention
being paid to energy, whichever party wins we ought to be able to get
a little funding for cold fusion from the next administration. If we
cannot make any headway under these circumstances we are doing
something wrong.
- Jed
