Cold Fusion revisited ?

[Shannow]

Gets pooh-poohed here regularly, predominantly by people who are stuck on20 year old, 20 second sound bytes from the MSM, but the US Navy has been spending big, and publishing papers ever since....

http://www.google.com/patents/US8419919

 

[BISCUT]

I am in agreement. U.S. Navy has very quietly taken the scientific lead of many a mil project with far reaching civ consequences. In similar way so has the Air Force.

 

[badtlc]

Cold fusion is finally close to acceptance by the physics world. There is actually a conference on it at Mizzou.

http://news.missouri.edu/2013/07/02/tabletop-nuclear-fusion/

 

[Schmoe]

Just a matter of time.

 

[PandaBear]

I'll believe it when it reach production scale. There are so many promising, easier to use tech that didn't scale up to production and I'll not hold my breath until I see them. Liquid metal reactor, thorium reactor, helium cooled reactor, etc are all examples of this.

 

[badtlc]

Originally Posted By: PandaBear
I'll believe it when it reach production scale. There are so many promising, easier to use tech that didn't scale up to production and I'll not hold my breath until I see them. Liquid metal reactor, thorium reactor, helium cooled reactor, etc are all examples of this.


what does scale have to do with this? You think mass power production is the only purpose of fusion?

 

[SteveSRT8]

Originally Posted By: Shannow
Gets pooh-poohed here regularly, predominantly by people who are stuck on 20 year old, 20 second sound bytes from the MSM, but the US Navy has been spending big, and publishing papers ever since....
http://www.google.com/patents/US8419919


It appears to still get the 'cold' shoulder here!

I wish we could know more about the Navy and their advanced projects. Some of the stuff they admit to having is outrageous already, and that's not half of it...

 

[PandaBear]

Originally Posted By: badtlc
what does scale have to do with this? You think mass power production is the only purpose of fusion?


What else do you want to do with it? It is probably not as effective and practical as our existing N bomb.

Even nuclear subs and air craft carriers are by definition power production.

 

[Shannow]

Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Originally Posted By: badtlc
what does scale have to do with this? You think mass power production is the only purpose of fusion?


What else do you want to do with it? It is probably not as effective and practical as our existing N bomb.

Even nuclear subs and air craft carriers are by definition power production.


Myriad of medical and industrial uses for a start...