I wrote: [JR comments: 1.5 megawatt-hours is 5040 MJ, which I believe is a new > record for cold fusion. Previous records were around 50 MJ.] >
Correction: Roulette et al. reported 294 MJ, over 3 months, and McKubre et al. got about 100 MJ over one month in their Arata replication. There may be a few other biggies. 5,040 MJ is how much you get from burning 120 kg of gasoline, or 210 kg of coal. According to the ANS, one uranium fuel pellet produces as much energy as three barrels of oil. That would be 17,600 MJ. So this reactor produced about as much energy as 29% of a fuel pellet. I believe the PPPL record is 6 MJ; JET is 22 MJ. So . . . suck on that, Tokomaks! - Jed
