It seems to me that LENR cannot be weaponized. The stuff that
permits chain reactions accumulates slowly, if it even exists at
all. This permits cosmic rays to limit the accumulation.
Cosmic ray secondary muons might trigger conventional fusion in super
high density pockets of hydrogen, but such pockets are rare, and
cause fracturing if they get too big.
Even if large accumulations of potential energy were possible, say
deep in a mine where cosmic rays are rare, this would be impractical,
because a single cosmic ray could trigger it. Cosmic rays would also
continue to rapidly erode stored material by generating small chains.
Even short term storage would be infeasible.
Creation of mass/energy from the vacuum, where the real power lies,
strikes me as useful for on demand use, such as providing impulse for
a space craft.
On Dec 27, 2011, at 9:17 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
A contrarian opinion: DoE will never relent nor alter its stance
against
LENR ... at least not so long as there is a DoD.
Never, never, never. This is essentially why SPAWARS is being
closed. They
were only supposed to be a token effort anyway - but instead they
got too
close to exposing the shocking truth - with all of its neglected
implications.
In short, there is an offshoot of LENR that can be weaponized. At
least that
is the only scenario that makes sense in the big picture.
Going back many years in the history of LENR, a few have voiced this
minority opinion about ulterior motives. Big oil in not the intended
beneficiary of "official neglect". The silent factor at the highest-
level
(in decision making relative to LENR) is explainable solely in
terms of
National Defense.
This goes well beyond the problem of nuclear proliferation - and it
is not
necessarily 'nuclear' per se, but instead relates to extremely high
energy
explosives of any varieties. Even though the P&F 'meltdown' in Utah
was
under-publicized, it certainly was not un-noticed by those who look
for
these things.
Never mind that the so-called 'red mercury' scare turned out to be an
obsession of one researcher - Samuel Cohen. At least that is what
we are
supposed to believe. Even if 'red mercury' is now a generic code
name for
any ballotechnic, I think that there is more hysteria than ever
before in
top military circles about the repercussions of a tactical
substitute, since
detection is more difficult.
Rossi has awakened these old nightmares from the early nineties.
In short, the biggest threat to the West, in the eyes of a few at the
Pentagon is not a nuclear weaponized Iran, nor even a nuke
purchased by
others who do not share our values: Syria/Libya/Yemen/Somalia/etc.
Almost
any sovereign country will have too much to lose to play that game.
The biggest threat to the West, in the eyes of the Pentagon, is a
non-nuclear or "nuclear-optional" (less detectable) but near
kiloton capable
weapon in the hands of the Taliban (or next radical terrorist group
with
access to plenty of cash or a substitute like Afghani heroin)...
and by
extension, a weapon which is deliverable in the trunk of compact
vehicle by
a surrogate group in our backyard- like the Zetas, for instance.
Scary indeed.
Jones
-----Original Message-----
From: Jones Beene
... not to mention a few hints (re: supra-chemistry) coming direct
from
National Labs ... years before nano-thermite made an impact, so to
speak.
http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/437696-qcD7AM/webviewable/
437696.pd
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----Original Message-----
From: mix...@bigpond.com
Put it this way, if this isn't a nuclear reaction, it is some kind of
super-battery, probably worth billions just for that. Unfortunately
for this battery idea, ... helium.
You appear to have ignored the possibility of super-chemistry, a la
Mills or
IRH.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
