In reply to James Bowery's message of Sun, 1 Dec 2013 23:50:17 -0600: Hi, [snip] >On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 8:06 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> the actual circumstances under which Hydrinos are formed are rare >> > >So rare that they have never even been _detected_ before? > > >> > >> >Moreover, to add confusion there is the energy emitted in going from >> >hydrogen to hydrino conflated with the energy emitted from LENR. >> >> Perhaps there is no LENR reaction, only Hydrino formation >> accounting for most of the excess heat > > >If heat == hydrino production, and we're talking about something on the >order of a petawatt in full deployment, doesn't it concern anyone that >there might be a _lot_ of hydrinos in the environment? What do they do?
This is a valid point, and since they can come in all sizes, should be given due consideration. The largest of them [p = 1-4 roughly] might undergo some chemical reactions, and should be tested for toxicity. However, that said, they tend to combine into chemically inert Hydrino molecules. Inert, because the ionization energy is very high, generally higher than that of the noble gasses. In fact, they would make good candidates for dark matter, as Mills is fond of pointing out. The very small ones would likely rapidly undergo fusion reactions, thus removing them from the scene. It's the intermediate sized one that could potentially be a problem. They would likely undergo fusion reactions with a long half life, and since they are very difficult to contain, would likely slowly mix with everything in the environment, potentially turning everything radioactive with a long half life. In order to hang around in the environment, they would need to be Hydrinohydride (i.e. the negative ion of the Hydrino) and bind with another ionic substance, but as soon as they come in contact with water, they would steal a proton from the water molecule and turn into a Hydrino molecule, which is essentially a neutral gas molecule that is less reactive than noble gasses. Note that according to Mills they just form a light weight gas (same as Hydrogen), which rises to the top of the atmosphere where it gets destroyed by solar radiation. I might however also point out that, to just throw these things away, would be a terrible waste, because the energy that you get from each successive shrinkage reaction increases as they get smaller, so that your "fuel" actually gets more valuable as you use it, until it eventually shrinks to the point where the fusion time becomes short enough and you really get a bang for your buck! ;) Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
