In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Fri, 11 Mar 2016 17:29:25 -0500: Hi, [snip] >I am afraid that analysis is incorrect. Manufacturing a cold fusion >generator will not require more labor or materials than manufacturing >something like a gas fired conventional electric generator. Manufacturing a >cold fusion automobile engine will require less material and less labor >than an internal combustion engine, because you do not need pollution >controls and you can trade off Carnot efficiency for a simpler design.
The point is that they will need to be manufactured at all, where today they are not. This will create some new jobs to replace a portion of those lost, as happens when any new technology comes along. E.g. we now have people employed making iPhone's that didn't exist 50 years ago. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
