Jeff writes: > What is our collective goal regarding the commercialization of CF? > Is it to reduce the level of CO2 emissions to reverse global warming?
Yes > Perhaps the reduction in CO2 emissions will be more than offset by the waste > heat output of billions of CF > engines, and that global warming will accelerate by direct heating alone! Nope. Can't happen. Two reasons: 1. As I show in the book, cold fusion is so efficient, it would greatly reduce primary energy use for a long time, even if energy consumption increases. See chapters 14 and 15. 2. Heat from engines leaves the atmosphere in about a half hour. You would have to increase heat from motors by a huge factor before it would have a serious impact. Most future applications that will require really massive amounts of energy will probably reduce overall global warming, while they improve and restore the ecosystem. They will be projects such as massive desalination. Energy intense manufacturing will probably be off-planet, because it produces noise and pollution -- and waste heat too. - Jed
