From: David Roberson
This is why I ask whether or not fusion has been proven to occur with very low temperature deuterons. I am not aware that anyone makes that claim and it would add support to the other theory if proven. Yes - an early hydrogen bomb called "Mike" put millions of tons of radioactivity into the air in the fifties, creating untold numbers of health problems today - but that is probably not the answer you are looking for. Although the yield was surprising - so perhaps BECs were involved, come to think of it. BTW - "Mike" used liquid deuterium in a large thermos as the main fuel - with a small fission trigger. No tritium was needed. The output was over 10 megatons of TNT - and that exceeded all of the explosives used in WW II, including the small fission bombs dropped on Japan - which were similar to Mike's trigger. About 95% of Mike's energy came from the fusion of liquid deuterium at very low temperature - initially :-) Cough, cough.
