-----Original Message----- From: Horace Heffner > They cannot fuse. Surprisingly many vorticians apparently do not > realize that this reaction is strongly endothermic.
This is false. Consider: H + H --> D + e+ + v + 0.42 MeV That is half the story. You neglect the threshold condition. IOW this reaction is meaningless to consider for any form of LENR or even Tokomak fusion, since it does NOT take into account the required threshold condition. Not to mention the neutrino carries away the bulk of energy, so it is endothermic in the sense of being able to sustain a continuing reaction. IOW this reaction cannot happen outside of massive gravity conditions (solar, or else and earthly accelerator that can never reach breakeven). The threshold temperature for protium fusion is on the order of 10,000,000 K (10 million degrees Kelvin). Rossi is getting excess heat at a threshold of about 500 K. Big difference. There is no evidence that hydrogen fusion is involved in Rossi. Jones
