Here is something I added to the discussion at Defkalion: "In the information you copied from INSG.org, they noted there may be Ni on the sea floor. It is also fairly abundant in sea water, at 480 ng/kg. That is a lot more than Zr, Ti, Au or Pd, for example. (These elements have been used in cold fusion host metal alloys.) In my book I predict that cold fusion will be used to desalinate large amounts of sea water for irrigation. Useful elements can be extracted from the left-over brine. We will probably be able to do this before we can extract elements from asteroids!
For information on sea water element abundance, do a search for Nozaki, 'A Fresh Look at Element Distribution in the North Pacific.'" By the way INSG.org confirms that production is 1.4 million tons per year. Here is an interesting comment added recently by Defkalion: Dear pekka_janhunen, We do not confirm what Andrea Rossi has stated on the reaction/transmutation of 62Ni and 64Ni as describing the reactions in Hyperions. And we do not know if these two isotopes only are responsible for the reactions in the e-cats. We have characterized the Chemically Assisted Low Energy Nuclei Reactions as a dynamic system of multi-stage set of reactions with responsibility. Any linear approach to understand the process as well as any simple calculation, like the one you presented in your last post, seems that do not reflect to the real phenomena occurring within Hyperion reactors. This understanding is crucial not only on the performance or the recharge period but on the reaction control as well. We will present the related measurements from our new, specially designed for LENR, instruments in public in order to share this responsibility with the scientific community. Hopefully this will lead to new scientific knowledge, assuming that scientists will act independently from any political and economical interests. Thank you for your contribution in the discussion. pekka_janhunen was concerned that even if there is a lot of nickel, if only a few isotopes participate in the reaction -- as Rossi claimed -- there may not be as much nickel as we think. This would drive up the cost, even if it is not a limiting factor. As you see, Defkalion questions that. I hope Rossi is wrong about this. - Jed
