Jed Rothwell
Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:11:33 -0800
Robin van Spaandonk wrote:
According to http://www.cosmicrays.org/ the muon flux at the surface is about 200 / m^2 / sec. Assuming each muon catalyzes 120 fusion reactions, and eachsuch reaction produces 23.8 MeV, we get a "power" output of 9E-12 W / cm^2. IOW to create an output of 1 Watt, the collector would have to have an area of ~11 sq. km. (nano powder surface area does not help in this case. It has to actually extend over 11 sq. km of Earth's surface.) In short the notion is ludicrous.
On the other hand, if the diurnal variations in some LENR experiments are confirmed, then they must be caused by some extraterrestrial particles. In that case the notion is not ludicrous. It just seems ludicrous. And obviously the above calculation is wrong or irrelevant.
- Jed