Several people have claimed that the NRC will do this, or do that, to stop cold fusion. Or that the power companies will. Or the DoE.
I think it is likely that one of these organizations will stop cold fusion, at first. If they do not stop it, they will likely slow it down by demanding more health and safety checks, which I think they should. But here is the key thing to remember: No political decision is permanent. No political victory is permanent. Any decision made in Washington by the Congress or administration can be un-made. Even if the NRC or the DoE succeeds at first in putting the kibosh on cold fusion, as long as Rossi gadgets are being sold elsewhere in the world, information about them will circulate. They will be in the headlines in every major newspaper and web site on earth, for week after week. This will make it far easier for us to get the word out, and overcome the anti-cold fusion propaganda in the mass media, Wikipedia, Sci. Am. and elsewhere. If we can persuade millions of voters that allowing this technology is in their best interest, and that they personally stand to save huge sums of money, I promise that no political force on earth will be able to stop it. We have been engaged in an academic bun fight for 22 years. One group of elderly professors against another. A few academic hacks such as Robert Park have been able to squash the research by repeating lies periodically in the Washington Post and Sci. Am. They succeeded because the public thought this was a silly academic squabble having nothing to do with them, or a perpetual motion machine scam. The public had no idea it is real. Once the mass media begins showing nightly news video of Chinese factories churning out thousands of machines, and hundreds of megawatts of capacity are installed every day worldwide, John & Jane Q. Public will realize THIS IS ABOUT MONEY. Their money! Enough money to buy a house and send their kids through college. No one will ignore that. No one will let Robert Park or the NRC, OPEC or any Washington politician stand between them and a large pile of money. - Jed
