>From Jones: ...
> In LENR, when isotopes that occupy a substantial "space" (i.e. cubic volume) > at STP are encouraged to become adsorbed into what is essentially solid > metal - then yes, they can be both "cold" technically, but so "effectively" > pressurized in the confines of this environment that the Lawson criterion > are met (rather a version of this criteria) in the terms of enhanced QM > probablility. IOW Lawson needs to be revised in terms of QM. ... <personal rant> Most Hot Fusion research strikes me as the quintessential male dominated "sledge hammer" approach towards investigative science. Perhaps had the physics field possessed a larger collection women scientists I have often wondered if initial proposed LENR research might have stood a better chance of receiving funding. It remains my uneducated hunch that in addition to some form of highly dense cubic volume enhancing QM probability (as eloquently explained by Jones) there may also exist a form of electromagnetic harmonics that comes into play. I am often reminded of the analogy of marching soldiers who are told to march out-of-step when traversing a bridge least their combined steps (in unison) bring down the bridge. Since it's my understanding that lasers (a highly focused "harmonic" EM frequency) have been used to successfully enhance certain LENR reactions, the idea of controlled enhanced "harmonics" does not strike me as entirely out of the question. Also, promising research into "Superwave" harmonics also seems to suggest the same possibility. In mechanical terms, if you apply the right frequency "pulse" to a pendulum it takes very little energy to make it swing, as well as to keep it swinging. Taking my analogy to the bitter end, in practical terms I would speculate that topological LENR "reactor" surfaces might need to be exquisitely engineered, most likely by the application of nanotechnology, to tolerances that will enhance the "harmonics" of a volumetric area where densities of loaded/packed deuterium can interact with each other in ways harmonically that might be more reactive than simply allowing them to jiggle about randomly - which is basically how hot fusion works. "We need more power, Scottie!" </personal rant> Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
