The article is just a promotion for Seife's book. I didn't know Slade lends itself for that.
On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 5:23 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > That tends to be the way things work. I just want to see all the egg upon > the faces of those that are so confident that fusion will never work when > the proof is going to be impossible to deny very soon. On second thought, > the definition of fusion might be modified to protect the innocent! > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ChemE Stewart <cheme...@gmail.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Thu, Jan 3, 2013 10:17 am > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Slate attacks cold fusion > > All good will be attacked. It is a human condition. > > > On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 10:09 AM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> This is depressing. See: >> >> >> http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/nuclear_power/2013/01/fusion_energy_from_edward_teller_to_today_why_fusion_won_t_be_a_source_of.html >> >> >> "For one thing, the history of fusion energy is filled with crazies, >> hucksters, and starry-eyed naifs chasing after dreams of solving the >> world's energy problems. One of the most famous of all, Martin Fleischmann, >> died earlier this year. Along with a colleague, Stanley Pons, Fleischmann >> thought that he had converted hydrogen into helium in a beaker in his >> laboratory, never mind that if he had been correct he would have released >> so much energy that he and his labmates would have been fricasseed by the >> radiation coming out of the device." >> >> >> - Jed >> >> >
