"Cold Fusion", "LENR" yet lack some fundamental understanding of the
phenomena to enable control and scale-up to commercikal usefulness. Jed
vision includes both large and small scale applications as was visualized
for "Atomic Energy" in the popular press and John Campbell's magasine form
the late '30s to the '50s. Only very recently have the efforts of Steve
Krivit, and others, has the tide begun to turn. Millions have been invested
in laboratories around the world without a 'breakthrough' No matter how
enthusiatic the 'claque', "theory" does not tell us what to do, what to
spend money on.
Meanwhile Mills announced to as investment group expectations of a working
prototype this year with scale-up to the megawatt powr plants next year. At
Rowan university, members of the chemistry faculty, using commercially
available chemicals, were able to create hydrino-bearing compounds. The
present of hydrinos was verified by NMR measurements at an independant
external laboratory. Bottom line: the physical existence of the hydrino
state of hydrogen can no longer be reasonably doubted. Rowan has also
repeatedly verified the 50+ kW, 1 megajoule energy burst from a half-gram of
BLP 'solid fuel'.
Jed's vision of an energized society may yet be realized. LENR investigators
are searching for a "theory" compatable with mainstream, traditioal,
physics. Mills has created a new, "Classical Physics" wherein the laws apply
at all magnitludes, form atomic to cosmic.
Stay Tuned.
Mike Carrell
----- Original Message -----
From: Jed Rothwell
To: [email protected]
Sent: Friday, January 08, 2010 4:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Request claque support
Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
I don't necessarily agree that cold fusion is economically viable, it's
possible that huge sums could be spent with no commercial result, but at
this point, huge sums aren't needed; rather what is needed is what Kowalski
suggests, and what a DoE panel also recommended in 2004, and even
recommended back in 1989, though it was half-hearted in 1989.
Targeted research to establish more firmly the basic science. Not hundreds
of millions of dollars.
I think tens of millions would be appropriate now, but as soon as someone
demonstrates a 10 W stand alone Arata effect device that continues for a
month, I would recommend hundreds of millions per year. That could happen
within weeks of the present day, if someone would get serious.
To put things in perspective, the average U.S. highway interchange costs $9
million to construct.
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/biz/Construction/pdf/I-C_Const_Cost.pdf
I think we can afford the cost of one interchange per year to explore what
is probably the most important breakthrough in the history of technology.
And I do not think that overstates the importance. On the contrary, if cold
fusion can be commercialized, it will soon seem far more important than
anyone alive today can imagine.
People think the Internet is a breathtaking breakthrough. It is nothing
compared to cold fusion. It is a trivial, incremental improvement in
comparison. After all, most of the functions of the Internet were available
before it was developed, in places like public libraries, for example.
People have had instantaneous world-wide electronic communication since the
transatlantic cable was laid in 1866. The cost was much higher, of course.
I am sick of hearing that we should not "overstate" the potential benefits.
As I said, you could not overstate them in your wildest dreams. There was a
big discussion of this at ICCF-15. Mike McKubre and I said we should tell
people the potential benefits are tremendous, while others said we should
downplay them.
- Jed
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