On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 12:51 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote:
> James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I bet the Israelis could pull it off without word getting out. >> > > I do not think so. They have never been able to keep their nuclear weapons > programs secret. People have known about these programs since 1957 when > they began. > The devil is in the definitions of "secret"/"known" and "people". AFAIK, this "knowledge" by "people" had precisely zero impact on Israel's capacity to carry out its program. To make a practical cold fusion device, it will take more money and more > people than Israel devoted to nuclear weapons. > Whoa! That's an enormous leap given the fact that engineering optimization depends on possessing a valid model. > Word will get out. They might be able to do few experiments in secret, but > there is no way they could produce motors or other devices without spending > billions of dollars and involving many people. > Motors? What differentiates a cold fusion motor from a motor with other energy sources? > I am sure Israel is capable of doing this, but not in secret. > > Israel spent far less developing weapons than the U.S. did during WWII. > They did not have to discover as much. Scientists worldwide already knew > how to make bombs in 1957. With cold fusion, they are practically starting > from scratch. > Lets differentiate between R and D: You really need to get the R out of the way before you proceed to D. R is orders of magnitude less costly than D. > > - Jed > >
