In the gold rush of 1849 the ratio of men to women in California was about ten to one.
Harry Steven Krivit wrote: http://pesn.com/Radio/Free_Energy_Now/shows/2006/11/18/9700215_New_Energy_So urces/ <http://pesn.com/Radio/Free_Energy_Now/shows/2006/11/18/9700215_New_Energy_S ources/> "Russ George's D2Fusion company, ... has amassed the best collection of cold fusion scientists in the world. "'They have eighteen different working approaches.'" http://www.7x7sf.com/features/hot_20/4226151.html <http://www.7x7sf.com/features/hot_20/4226151.html> The Rocket Scientist Laura Chao, 24. Nuclear researcher at D2Fusion, a Foster City company working on generating clean, renewable energy from solid-state fusion. Laura Chao isnt really a rocket scientistthats just what her friends teasingly tell guys who approach her in bars. Shes in nuclear physics, and though it might seem extraordinary that a 24-year-old woman barely out of college is already immersed in such a hierarchical, male-dominated field, its almost second nature to Chao: She was born and raised on the Stanford campus, the daughter of accelerator physicist Alex Chao. I can remember being five years old and knowing about subatomic particles, she says. COLD CASE That inborn knack comes in handy as Chao searches for a way to fuse two hydrogen atoms into a helium atom at room temperaturea controversial scientific endeavor called cold fusion or solid-state fusion, which, if successful, could generate tremendous amounts of safe, renewable energy. If somebody makes a reproducible cold-fusion experiment, everything will change, says Chao. Our world-energy problems will go away. GEEK PATROL So what happens when her pals tell potential suitors that theyre courting a brainiac? Its not a problem with the guys I date, because I like geeks, says the Inner Sunset resident, who seeks out underground break-dancing competitions when shes not in the lab. Im lucky: The Bay Area is the place to be if you like geeky guys. JUST LIKE HEAVEN Thats not the only reason that Chao insists theres no place like home. The combination of wealth and liberalism in Northern California is so unusual, its like utopiarich people giving away their money. Yep, shes smart all right. ***************
