Indeed the tides are turning. This reporter clearly knows it is not CF when he speaks of the effect on the hohlraum:
"It works by focusing the light from 192 gigantic laser beams onto a small hydrogen pellet, with the purpose of obtaining temperatures that are high enough to initiate and sustain nuclear fusion." The shrewed fellow is taking advantage of recent news since he has CF as his first "tag" or keyword. I bet Steven was alerted by a news service because of that keyword. Terry 2009/4/1 Mark Iverson <[email protected]>: > Are the hot fusioneers so threatened by what's going on with CF that they are > now trying to relabel > their projects as 'cold fusion'??? > > The second paragraph of the NIF article starts out with this... > > "Cold fusion is one of the main goals of scientific research today, for the > simple reason that it > relies on a very cheap fuel (heavy water that can be obtained from seawater) > to create virtually > limitless amounts of electricity, with zero-emissions." > > So they are claiming that 192 HUGE lasers focused on a pellet the size of a > pea is 'cold'??? Sounds > delusional to me... The real thing this time, not the 'character > assassination' kind that was spoken > 20 years ago... > > The tides are indeed turning... And quickly!! > > -Mark > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Steven Krivit [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 1:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Vo]:NIF Ready to Prove Cold Fusion, according to Softpedia ;) > > http://news.softpedia.com/news/NIF-Ready-to-Prove-Cold-Fusion-Sustainable-108208.shtml > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.34/2032 - Release Date: 3/31/2009 > 6:02 AM > > >
