On 19 Jul 2001, at 9:23, Dan Minette wrote:
> > >If you are talking about muon catalyst, then it is theoretically
> possible,
> > >but devilishly tricky.
> > >
> > >Dan M.
> >
> >
> > Except that no one has figured out how get more energy from the
> > fusion reactions that muon can catalyze during its lifetime of a
> > couple of
> hundred
> > nanoseconds or so than it takes to create the muon in the first
> > place . .
>
> Right. On paper it can be done. The other can't even be done on
> paper. I'm not holding my breath for it, I rate it as a low
> probability, but still orders of magnitude above cold fusion in a jar.
I still think plasma reactors are the best bet if we;re talking about
theortical power sources. Last I heard, they were about breaking
even with them in terms of energy, but still couldn't manage to
stabilise them for long periods of time.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
