Is Ed Storms actually a Super Double Secret Dysinformation Agent who has penetrated the white knights of Vortex-L? (Gasp!) I suppose not, but Ed's response to my original post on the subject of possible cold fusion suppression was a little funny. You know, Dimitri, just a little.....funny.
On the subject of individuals not being able to buy heavy water anymore, Ed replied: > This is not true, a proper person can buy heavy-water. > The issue is liability. D2O is a poison. Therefore, like all > such chemicals, it is sold only to businesses. Now either Ed is stupid or uninformed, which I seriously doubt, or he assumes that I am stupid and/or uninformed, which I guess is open to speculation. You need to replace half the water in your body with D2O before it becomes toxic. On that scale, Karo syrup is more poisonous. Furthermore, all sorts of chemicals that are really poisonous can be bought by individuals. You can buy lead acetate and silver nitrate on eBay if you want and, let me assure you, they are far more toxic than heavy water. You can even buy potassium cyanide if you sign for it. But just you try to buy 100gm or so of heavy water. This clamp down on heavy water purchase began slowly after P&F and became nearly impossible after 9/11. Draw your own conclusion. Scene at the heavy water plant across the valley from the CANDU reactor: Gaston and Maude are the nightime caretakers. Gaston: Maude, zis moose soup tasts like merde de poullet. Maude: Mais pourquoi, mon amour, eet is ze old family recipe, non? Gaston: Maude, you lazzy beetch, haf you been using ze heavy water in ze cooking again? Maude: Mais Gaston, eet is such long way to ze well, and my back she is hurting. Et alors, ze heavy water is such a jolie bleu, n'est-ce pas? Gaston: Zis is ze third time zis week, my mitochodria, zey are dying off. Maude: What are ze mitochondria? Gaston: I am not sure, but my left arm is not working, call zat nice Dr. Storms at Los Alamos, he weel know what to do. Well, OK, it's not that amusing, but you get the idea. M. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!
