tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post5205484972066475679..comments2024-02-20T07:06:56.933+00:00Comments on THE SKINNER: Cold Fusion?Neal Asherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-51009741008757255352011-01-25T16:56:01.430+00:002011-01-25T16:56:01.430+00:00Thats the nice thing about fusion Jebel, a fusion ...Thats the nice thing about fusion Jebel, a fusion reactor that breaks will just melt the inside of the reactor and cost billions of euros in damage. No fallout though, no explosion, no death or destruction just plain old loss of capital.<br /><br />Fusion is the future but its annoying that its been that way for 60 years now, back then it was 50 years away and now its...still 50 years away. Over the years we've just discovered more and more reasons why fusion power is so difficult and expensive to obtain, this is one of the reasons why i am so skeptical of desktop fusion with cheap materials.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144236546368420429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-66412048330238550672011-01-25T09:45:28.337+00:002011-01-25T09:45:28.337+00:00well, assuming it doesn't all go wrong, melt, ...well, assuming it doesn't all go wrong, melt, lose containment and put a new hole in the world, that is. 'course there are worse places it could happen than france... :pJebel Kronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268376841818116214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-64017117845668804612011-01-24T12:18:27.243+00:002011-01-24T12:18:27.243+00:00Skeptical is the best way to be, always, Ryan.
Fi...Skeptical is the best way to be, always, Ryan.<br /><br />Fingers crossed, Jebel.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-71488636635578577512011-01-24T11:14:55.299+00:002011-01-24T11:14:55.299+00:00if it works - ITER will be the one to do it, and t...if it works - ITER will be the one to do it, and that is billions of euros and cutting edge physics and materials science.Jebel Kronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18268376841818116214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-30245940941366060412011-01-24T09:55:48.164+00:002011-01-24T09:55:48.164+00:00I have big problems with the guy in a shed idea. M...I have big problems with the guy in a shed idea. Most modern science is now far to complex to be replicated in a simple tinkering way. Also very large, very costly technologies like ITER are only built on the back of decades upon decades of discovery of scientific principles. The idea that along the way everybody missed this simple trick is far fetched i feel. Not to say its impossible but im very skepticalRyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144236546368420429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-71233296724081709292011-01-24T08:34:07.208+00:002011-01-24T08:34:07.208+00:00But is does happen: strange beardy guy working in ...But is does happen: strange beardy guy working in his garden shed puts together two simple ideas to improve the lives of millions, whilst massive research corporations missed it completely (Trevor Baylis).<br /><br />Trouble is, Jed, recent events in the scientific world have called peer-review into question. Then again, the basis of that question calls into question the dismissal of cold fusion too. <br /><br />In the end, results are what count. If this is true then even a 'consensus' of scientists won't keep it down.Neal Asherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13933911904170752700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-55914343001794872182011-01-23T19:04:16.666+00:002011-01-23T19:04:16.666+00:00Cold fusion has been observed thousands of times i...Cold fusion has been observed thousands of times in hundreds of major laboratories, although this particular type, with nickel, has not been as widely reproduced. One of the researchers in this study has published several peer-reviewed papers, starting in 1994. See:<br /><br />http://lenr-canr.org/Jed Rothwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00179077151947615762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29616976.post-34285591395494028332011-01-23T18:26:08.931+00:002011-01-23T18:26:08.931+00:00Hmm i'll believe it when i see it. The paper t...Hmm i'll believe it when i see it. The paper they are publishing isnt very respectable and that tabletop picture makes me very skeptical. If ITER (costing billions of euros, decades of research and hundreds of engineers and scientists) is still years away from being useful it strikes me as strange that someone working on such a small device that can fit on a bench could achieve useful fusion before them.<br /><br />It would be nice if it worked but until its been repeated time and again and the principles accuratly described im hold off celebrating.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144236546368420429noreply@blogger.com