Kevin O'Malley <[email protected]> wrote:
> By the time he sells ten thousand units, the NRC gets wise and has no > capability to reign him in. > What would stop them? Even if he sold 10 million units, the government can start regulating them anytime it wants. The government did not begin effective regulation of automobile safety until the mid-1960s, long after millions of vehicles had been sold. I doubt the NRC has the authority to rein him in at present, but if they decide this is a nuclear effect I'm sure they would either extend their own authority, or they would ask the Congress and the administration to do so. They would have the capability to rein him in anytime they want it. This is reasonable in my opinion. If it is shown that cold fusion is dangerous it should be regulated carefully. - Jed
