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?
I think Bockris put it most succinctly: "It is the basis of a way to continue our Civilization."
I've got more comments on the way regarding this in #9 and #10 of the forthcoming issues of New Energy Times.
> 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.
To add to what Jed said,
It was my understanding that global warming was primarily because of solar radiation hitting the earth, reflecting back towards space, but intercepted by the greenhouse gasses which absorb the wavelengths of reflected radiation and converts it into thermal energy, thereby creating a transparent blanket.
Not so much from the heat that is generated initially from terrestrial sources. Yes? No?
Steve
