01-24-2011, 06:37 AM | #1 |
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Cold Fusion? Again? Really?
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http://www.physorg.com/news/2011-01-...ion-video.html (PhysOrg.com) -- Few areas of science are more controversial than cold fusion, the hypothetical near-room-temperature reaction in which two smaller nuclei join together to form a single larger nucleus while releasing large amounts of energy. In the 1980s, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishmann claimed to have demonstrated cold fusion - which could potentially provide the world with a cheap, clean energy source - but their experiment could not be reproduced. Since then, all other claims of cold fusion have been illegitimate, and studies have shown that cold fusion is theoretically implausible, causing mainstream science to become highly speculative of the field in general....... |
01-24-2011, 06:49 AM | #2 | |
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01-24-2011, 07:15 AM | #3 |
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It seems odd, after the mess the last time a press conference was called for cold fusion, that they have chosen to do it this way.
It might be that they have something. It's impossible to tell. I will be very surprised if it turns out to be a real effect. But I would really like to be surprised... |
01-24-2011, 07:19 AM | #4 | |
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Oh Wait. I forgot about the end of the world thing! Last edited by kennyc; 01-24-2011 at 07:26 AM. |
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01-24-2011, 02:54 PM | #5 |
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The discovery of genuine cold fusion would be the end of the world. Post-scarcity makes a lot of capitalists nervous, and a bunch of smaller countries would go BOOM trying to replicate it themselves.
The search would be more productive if instead of "near-room-temperature" they shot for something more practical, like a few hundred degrees Fahrenheit. |
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01-24-2011, 02:59 PM | #6 |
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If fusion is possible at 'low' temperatures, it seems highly unlikely that the difference between room temperature and a few hundred degrees Fahrenheit would make any difference at all...
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I doubt it even exists, but if it does the odds of going "boom" are low. Last edited by kennyc; 01-24-2011 at 03:22 PM. |
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I quickly lost faith in the article when I had a look at the document (pdf file)
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01-25-2011, 06:12 AM | #9 |
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I enjoyed the fact that when I viewed the linked article, it had an ad for astrology right in the middle. Nice coincidence?
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01-25-2011, 06:35 AM | #10 |
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01-25-2011, 07:19 AM | #11 |
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I'm mad at you now Kenny for giving me an uncomfortable flashback to a bad Keeanu Reeves movie. Granted, most of his movies are bad, but he drug Morgan Freeman down with him in that one.
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01-25-2011, 08:37 PM | #12 |
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A little investigation reveals the author has a record of fraud and scams.
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