March 23, 2006
He's Back! Cold Fusion Pioneer Dr. Martin Fleischmann Joins D2Fusion
Engineering Team to Deliver Long Awaited Energy Devices to the World
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 23, 2006--On the 17th anniversary of
Dr. Martin Fleischmann's first public revelation of room temperature,
non-radioactive nuclear fusion, D2Fusion, Inc. is proud to announce Dr.
Fleischmann's agreement to serve as its senior scientific advisor. D2Fusion,
a California-based solid state fusion energy firm with engineering centers
in Silicon Valley and Los Alamos, New Mexico, is a subsidiary of Solar
Energy Limited (OTCBB:SLRE). The company will employ Dr. Fleischmann's
experience and expertise to produce prototypes of solid state fusion heating
modules for homes and industry.
In brief, "cold fusion" involves the fusion of two nuclei of deuterium or
heavy hydrogen into a single helium atom accompanied only by a burst of
heat. Unlike "thermonuclear hot fusion" that requires the plasma-inducing
inferno of the sun or a hydrogen bomb, solid state fusion reactions can be
produced at normal temperatures in certain hydrogen-loving metals without
unleashing hot fusion's dangerous radiation. Many experimental reports
suggest the importance of nanoscale reaction sites and the occurrence of
coherent quantum electrodynamic (QED) states that circumvent the strong
mutual repulsion of positively charged deuterium nuclei. The QED features
are markedly similar to processes now familiar in solid state physics, such
as superconductivity, and have led the company to conclude that "solid state
fusion" is a more accurate and fruitful characterization of the field.
Before Professor Fleischmann's historic work at Utah University with his
associate Dr. Stanley Pons, he taught electrochemistry at Britain's MIT, the
University of Southampton; was named a Fellow of the Royal Society; and
served as Council president of the International Society of
Electrochemistry. Initially inspired by Alfred Coehn's groundbreaking work
on proton conduction in the late 1920s, Dr. Fleischmann labored privately
and tirelessly in the early eighties to deepen his understanding of quantum
electrodynamics, which he came to see should allow low temperature coherent
fusion phenomena. After his demonstration of this effect in Utah and the
March '89 announcement, he continued his QED work in France funded by
Toyota's research and development institute and subsequently in Italy with
the support of several prestigious Italian energy labs. At D2Fusion Prof.
Fleischmann will work in conjunction with Dr. Thomas Passell, the firm's CTO
and a former manager in the Electric Power Research Institute's Nuclear
Power Division, who directed the North American power industry's
investigations of "cold fusion" phenomena for five years. Fleischmann will
also aid and consult with top Los Alamos physicists at D2Fusion's New Mexico
R&D laboratory.
D2Fusion CEO Russ George notes, "Dr. Fleischmann's genius inspired a
generation of audacious researchers and there are now thousands of
scientific reports confirming the reality, safety and stunning promise of
solid state fusion energy. Aided by his insight and most recent discoveries,
we believe it is time to start delivering that potential to the world.
"True, our theoretical grasp of all the processes in play remains imperfect,
but neither can we fully explain the workings of aspirin, acupuncture or
high temperature superconductivity. Unresolved questions about their
mechanisms have not stopped us from enjoying their respective benefits,
which are pale indeed compared to what solid state fusion offers. We are now
certain that heat generation from this process is copious, safe, inexpensive
and reproducible, and in terms of commercialization that seems like a
perfect place to start."
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