Cold Fusion by Rossi and Focardi http://dowjonesbusinessnews.com/?p=700
[ I can't figure out if the site is "just a blog" or any relation to dow jones ] Cold Fusion Few areas of science are more controversial than cold fusion, the hypothetical near-room-temperature reaction in which two smaller nuclei join together to form a single larger nucleus while releasing large amounts of energy. In the 1980s, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann claimed to have demonstrated cold fusion – which could potentially provide the world with a cheap, clean energy source – but their experiment could not be reproduced. Since then, all other claims of cold fusion have been illegitimate, and studies have shown that cold fusion is theoretically implausible, causing mainstream science to become highly speculative of the field in general. (PhysOrg.com) The claim Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi say that, when the atomic nuclei of nickel and hydrogen are fused in their reactor, the reaction produces copper and a large amount of energy. The reactor uses less than 1 gram of hydrogen and starts with about 1000 W of electricity, which is reduced to 400 W after a few minutes. Every minute, the reaction can convert 292 grams of 20°C water into dry steam at about 101°C. Since raising the temperature of water by 80°C and converting it to steam requires about 12400 W of power, the experiment provides a power gain of 12400/400 = 31. As for costs, the scientists estimate that electricity can be generated at a cost of less than 1 cent/kWh, which is significantly less than coal or natural gas plants. “The magnitude of this result suggests that there is a viable … http://www.youtube.com/v/gCdxpt86fv4?fs=1 [ Youtube video ... first 30 secs / 4 minutes is mostly text over a fancy background ... then Jan press event ] is/isn't comments rapidly deteriorate ..
