See:
https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/6682-rip-dr-hiroo-numata/
I regret to announce that cold fusion researcher Hiroo Numata (沼田博雄) died
on October 2, 2021.
This has been revised and updated:
Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions Workshop
October 21-22, 2021
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/events/low-energy-nuclear-reactions-workshop
I think they are trying to cram too many people into their "lightning
rounds." Maybe too much thunder, not enough light.
Esa Ruoho wrote:
> is this really a "glass half empty" situation that after 3 decades they
> actually have a little workshop and that that might result in something of
> interest that would be positive and useful?
>
I would say the glass has only a few drops in it. However, if this workshop
Here is the program:
https://arpa-e.energy.gov/events/low-energy-nuclear-reactions-workshop
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The objective
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
> >>No vote is needed.<< -> so no freedom of choice
>
Absolutely no freedom of choice!! You are never allowed to interfere with
my freedom of speech, or Facebook's, or the U.S. government's freedom of
speech. The voters are not allowed to overrule the Constitution. The
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
government and big tech working together is fascism -> the electorate
> didn't vote for that
>
No vote is needed. The government and big tech both have the right of free
speech, and the right to do whatever they like as long as it is legal. The
electorate cannot take away
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
they hooked me
>
Poor you! Maybe there is some kind YouTube addiction withdrawal support
network.
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
more things have to pay for all adds up
>
Okay, so if the ads annoy you and you don't want to pay $12 a month, don't
watch YouTube. No one is forcing you to watch it. I do not understand what
you are complaining about.
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
As for the other issue -> government admits to working in partnership with
> big tech to censor -->
>
The government and big tech have every right to work together.
> The Biden administration confirms it aggressively works with Big Tech “…to
> flag ‘problematic’ posts
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
Then "they" can up the price. Point is -> used to be free; so tried to get
> people hooked on something that was free and then fleece them.
>
$12 a month does not seem like fleecing to me. It is more than I would be
willing to pay, but a lot less than cable TV, or YouTube
H LV wrote:
Platform, or Publisher?
> If Big Tech firms want to retain valuable government protections, then
> they need to get out of the censorship business.
>
If they are trying to shield themselves claiming "platform" rights under
Code 230, that's unfair. I don't know what the story is. In
CB Sites wrote:
Yeah, the monetization of youtube sucks. They do have to find a way to pay
> for it so I just sit through a 30sec ad or two and skip the 2-15 minute
> ones. But annoying as heck, I agree with.
>
It turns out you can get YouTube Premium for $12 a month. That eliminates
the ads.
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
It is not their constitutional right to censor.
>
It most certainly is their right! Facebook or the Washington Post cannot be
forced to publish an editorial they disagree with. They can censor any
opinion or letter they want. If the government were to force them to
publish
AM ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
> shouldn't be allowed to be above the law and suppress freedom of speech
>
Freedom of speech only applies to the government. The government cannot
pass a law restricting freedom of speech. YouTube, the Washington Post, FOX
News or the Scientific American can restrict
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
Well it has been free initially, next expectation -> initially it was not
> censored, can you/we expect them not to eventually censor
>
YouTube never said it would not be censored. They said from the start they
would not allow pornography, revenge or dangerous vids.
It is
I revised the Video Introduction page to embed the video, and I told the
reader there are no subtitles in the downloadable version but the scripts
are below.
https://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1618
ROGER ANDERTON wrote:
Not really new, its the same old trick everytime; its like how illegal
> drugs are pushed -> the dealer gives you them free until you are hooked
> then you have to pay; Youtube were giving a free service, now they are
> looking for getting money from it.
>
Well, you can't
Oh. You learn something new every day. I see you can pay them to delete the
ads for $12 a month, with YouTube Premium. This I did not know, because I
am out of it. Far, far out of it. Light years away from it.
- Jed
On Fri, Sep 17, 2021 at 7:12 PM ROGER ANDERTON
wrote:
> Youtube has started
Around July of this year, the number of people viewing my video fell.
Recently I watched the video and discovered that YouTube is stuffing
advertisements in front of it. I guess that is why fewer people are
watching it. There does not seem to be a way to override this. The
"monetization" option is
Jonathan Berry wrote:
It is not marginal, look at Africa, the places where they give Ivermectin
> routinely has basically no Covid death spikes, the places where they don't
> have the familiar looking waves.
>
These effects are more easily explained by demographics (many young people)
and by
Jonathan Berry wrote:
Jed, You point me to a study where it was tested this way suitably, I
> suspect it will have been highly flawed if that was the result.
>
I suspect you will say that any result you disagree with is flawed by
definition.
But you are missing my point. Even if we assume the
Terry Blanton wrote:
If you are truly interested, there are currently 76 clinical studies either
> on-going or completed for the efficacy of ivermectin on SARS-CoV-2.
>
76 is a lot of studies! I think we can be confident that if it has any
efficacy, that will be determined. A reliable,
Terry Blanton wrote:
> But effectiveness is absolutely conclusive
>>>
>>
>> No. If that were true, it would show up in the double-blind tests.
>>
>
> Many things work in vitro but not in the body, e.g.:
>
That's true too. It is important. But I was talking about a clinical
double-blind test
Jonathan Berry wrote:
> Why are they pushing an experimental that contains the harmful spike
> protein that has little beneficial effect and obvious harm?
>
COVID itself, and the common cold, both produce a million times more of
these spike proteins than the vaccine does. Yet the cold does
Jonathan Berry wrote:
> But effectiveness is absolutely conclusive
>
No. If that were true, it would show up in the double-blind tests. Many of
them have been done by proponents. None have shown more than a marginal
effect, and they were probably mistakes.
This is science. You have to use
Jürg Wyttenbach wrote:
> We no longer need any Ivermectin studies as we have real data from
> 1'000'000'000 people that now no longer worry CoV-19.
>
Leading Indian epidemiologists say there is no evidence that ivermectin had
an effect in India. They were interviewed in the New York Times and
Bridging the Gaps: An Anthology on Nuclear Cold Fusion Kindle Edition
by Randolph R. Davis
Published 2021
https://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Gaps-Anthology-Nuclear-Fusion-ebook/dp/B097465MT5
The FAA's top space official outlines progress
— NASA does a deep dive on potential power sources for a moon base,
including “cold fusion.”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-space/2021/07/23/the-faas-top-space-official-outlines-progress-493703
Frontiers of Space Power and Energy
This has been brought up to date every day.
On Wed, Jun 9, 2021 at 5:41 PM Jed Rothwell wrote:
> See:
>
> http://ikkem.com/iccf-23_oralab.php
>
See:
http://ikkem.com/iccf-23_oralab.php
ICCF23 starts on June 8, 2021, or on June 9, depending on your time zone.
The preliminary program is here:
http://ikkem.com/iccf-23_program.php
Registration is free, but you have to register to see the presentations.
Michael Foster wrote:
> Everyone just assumes that these visitors must be from civilizations far
> advanced from our own. That may or may not be true.
>
If they are actually visitors from other civilizations, they have to be far
advanced. They cannot be from anywhere in the solar system. Our
I wrote:
> I think there is no likelihood aliens would need help from us, and no
> likelihood they crashed or their equipment failed. A technology capable of
> crossing interstellar space with devices as large as this would be
> "indistinguishable from magic" (Clarke) and it would be hundreds or
Jones Beene wrote:
In that case, the most likely thing ET would need to continue their mission
> is replacement of advanced chips and electronics. To get these parts,
> however, they might first need to intervene somehow in the normal process
> of R on earth by influencing progress and directing
I wrote:
> Ed Storms worked on the conventional fission rockets shown in this video.
> I asked him if he thinks this is plausible.
>
He does not think it is plausible, for reasons too complicated to describe
briefly.
- Jed
I like it!
Ed Storms worked on the conventional fission rockets shown in this video. I
asked him if he thinks this is plausible.
The paper is linked from the video discussion, here:
https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/abs/10.2514/6.1990-2371
Here is a *fascinating* look at the Pfizer production lines. Amazing! It
looks a lot like a top-quality experiment. Which it is. See:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/health/pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine.html
This has both text and short, high resolution video portions. It shows
close-ups
The furnace is in the crawlspace, so I don't know if a leak from the flu
would come into the house. It sure would if the furnace were installed in a
closet in the house. Anyway, they replaced the whole kit and caboodle. I
prefer it that way. I now have faith in the CO alarm, but not too much
bobcook39...@hotmail.com wrote:
Did your old furnace have a closed combustion system with a separate
> fresh air pipe and combustion gas exhaust?
>
They all do, as far as I know. I don't recall the model and it is now out
the door. The new one is a Trane S8B1:
I strongly recommend that readers equip their houses with alarms for smoke
and carbon monoxide. A carbon monoxide alarm may have saved my life a few
days ago. Some of the things it did surprised me, and made me think it was
a false alarm, so let me describe what happened. If you ignore what you
I wrote:
> There are no gas stations in the middle of nowhere either. Granted, gas
> stations are much more prevalent than chargers. Also, when a gasoline car
> runs out of fuel, you can park it somewhere, get a ride to a gas station,
> bring back a gallon of fuel in a plastic tank, and refuel
Terry Blanton wrote:
There's virtually no maintenance...just brakes and tires and very little of
> the former.
>
The brakes do not wear down because they have regenerative braking. Prius
brakes last a long time for the same reason.
CB Sites wrote:
It's interesting Jed, there is a 12V car battery in the back of the car
> that is charged from the Li batteries, which is charged from the engine.
> The 12V is used for the car electronics. I did see a youtube video of a
> guy that used a 2000W 12V inverter for emergency power
CB Sites wrote:
> When home, I plug it in with the 115V charger device that plugs into a
> standard 3 prong outlet. Nothing special. It takes about 6-8 hrs for a
> full charge. Most commutes for me are about 30miles so I never see the
> gas engine. Last year my TOTAL gas consumption for
AlanG wrote:
I think a better question is how the Nissan is better than the Chevy Volt,
> which was discontinued after 5 years for disappointing sales, possibly from
> failing to meet efficiency expectations.
>
It has not been discontinued. It is still for sale:
News report:
https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/energy/nuclear/cold-fusion-or-low-energy-nuclear-reactions-us-navy-researchers-reopen-case
Whether Cold Fusion or Low-Energy Nuclear Reactions, U.S. Navy Researchers
Reopen Case
Spurred on by continued anomalous nuclear results, multiple labs now
Don't fret about it. We have thick skin in this business. Welcome back!
On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 10:10 PM Kyle Mcallister
wrote:
> Hello again, Vortexians.
>
> It's been a long time, perhaps 10 years or so since I've been here. I
> can't recall exactly, but that was another life. You'd be
Note that one of the NYT projections also shows April as the date herd
immunity begins. Look at the graph with three choices labeled "CHOSE A
SCENARIO." Select the third choice:
Huge supply increase
5 million shots per day
The text changes to:
It’s a stretch, but if the pace increases to 5
I wrote:
Taking into account one thing and another, the WSJ and the NYT estimates
> are not far apart.
>
WSJ predicts April, NYT predicts July. A 3-month difference is not gigantic
given all the unknowns. For example, what percent of the population will it
take for herd immunity to begin? The
Taking into account one thing and another, the WSJ and the NYT estimates
are not far apart. Herd immunity is not an absolute condition, and it does
not turn on all at once over a certain threshold. The gradations in orange
color at the top of the NYT graph show that it emerges gradually.
The WSJ article is behind a paywall. I hope this doctor is right. Other
estimates put herd immunity sometime around August. See:
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/02/20/us/us-herd-immunity-covid.html
(I think this NYT article is not behind the paywall.)
On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 9:13 PM
There is no getting through to people like the editors at Physics Today. I
expect that even if everyone here were to write to them, they would reject
every message.
They think of themselves as fair, objective and open minded. Perhaps they
are open minded about some subjects, but not cold fusion.
the right kind of scientists to be
doing the work. In neither case was it enough, at the time, simply to say
the results weren’t replicated, even though that is how we describe it in
retrospect."
I posted the following response, which was removed.
Jed Rothwell <https://disqus.com/by/disqu
U.S. wind generation sets new daily and hourly records at end of 2020
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/u-s-wind-generation-sets-new-daily-and-hourly-records-at-end-of-2020/
QUOTE:
On April 10, 2019, daily electricity generation from wind turbines in the
United States (excluding
Robin wrote:
> >work function where metal ions are transported by well known chemical
> >reactions through a liquid electrolyte in between the electrodes.
>
> Not always. There are "dry-cells" (not really very dry), and also cells
> with a solid electrolyte.
>
> >has similarities with a
I asked Frank to address this issue of batteries. He posted a reply at
LENR-Forum, as follows:
https://www.lenr-forum.com/forum/thread/6508-frank-gordon-s-lattice-energy-converter-lec-replicators-workshop/?postID=151256#post151256
With regard to the possibility that the LEC is a battery: A LEC
Robin wrote:
> A potential of 0.1 V over a DVM with an input impedance of 10 MOhm is
> readily produced by a chemical reaction for
> several months. The power is only 1 nW.
> It could easily be the result of two different metals. I.e. an unintended
> battery.
>
Gordon does not think it is a
I uploaded a new version of this paper:
Gordon, F. and H.J. Whitehouse, *Lattice Energy Converter (LEC) (PowerPoint
slides)*, in LENR Workshop in memory of Dr. M. Srinivasan. 2021: Indian
Institute of Technology Kanpur.
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GordonFlatticeene.pdf
I added the
bobcook39...@hotmail.com wrote:
Jed—
>
>
>
> That site requires a google registration.
>
>
>
> Is there another way tro access the workshop papers?
>
Are you sure it does? I just reached it again using another browser after
signing out, and in incognito mode. While incognito the Google e-mail
I wrote:
Did you try the website they just opened? I don't think that requires a
> Google registration. See:
>
> https://sites.google.com/view/lenr-workshop/home
>
I just accessed it "incognito" so it must not require any registration.
I recommend this presentation:
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GordonFlatticeene.pdf
This is in Acrobat format with a link to the YouTube video presentation
with the voice-over. Acrobat format may be more convenient because you can
search through it or click on the link to the Rout paper.
The
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 5:47 PM bobcook39...@hotmail.com <
bobcook39...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is there a way to see papers without t registering via google? I AVIOPD
> GOOGLE. I WOULD LIKE TO READ THE VARIOUS PAPERS.
>
Did you try the website they just opened? I don't think that requires a
Here is the website:
https://sites.google.com/view/lenr-workshop/home
Michael Foster wrote:
This is serious stuff. In your opinion, Jed, is this something like an
> artifact of the unimaginably complex operating systems and networks we now
> have?
>
Not a bit. This is prosaic. This would have been easy to program, but the
people in charge did not get around to
Several presentations have now been uploaded to the upcoming LENR
Workshop in Memory of Dr. M. Srinivasan. You don't have to wait for the
Workshop. Some of the slide presentations have a voice-over so you get the
whole presentation. Mine does, and so does Frank Gordon's, which is
interesting.
This is completely off topic, but I put a lot of thought into it, and I
would like to share it.
In the U.S., thousands more people will die because the vaccines already on
hand are not being administered quickly. If the vaccination program had
been properly organized, this could have been
I think this document can be read by anyone. Maybe not?
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n9Fce0UMU4ch23mvCJ9XYAy8Ac43V5Tt9EwDlm6hocU/edit#
LENR workshop in memory of Dr. M. Srinivasan
22nd-24th Jan 2021
Tentative Schedule
From: K P Rajeev
Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 12:19 PM
Dear Dr Rothwell,
I am Prof K P Rajeev of Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur and you
probably remember me as the co-author of late Dr Srinivasan of the
transmutation chapter in the recent "Cold Fusion" book published by
Elsevier in
I wrote:
> The ingredients are listed here. I think they are liquid at room
> temperature, not powder:
>
The lipid nanoparticles are similar to butter, according to one expert. I
think butter is considered a solid at room temperature. See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK0C5tFHze8=emb_logo
JonesBeene wrote:
> It is not clear if this category (~3 percent) is anything more than a
> passing phenomenon
>
Other sources say the problems went away in one day or less. There have
been no reports of longer-term problems.
Other vaccines have stronger, more common effects, yet they are
Jürg Wyttenbach wrote:
> Look at CDC presentation slide 6** column explained below:
>
>
> https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/acip/meetings/downloads/slides-2020-12/slides-12-19/05-COVID-CLARK.pdf
>
> 3% were no longer able to work afterwards...
>
Only for one day. Such reactions are common with many
Michael Foster wrote:
Yes, you are correct about the 6% figure. They merely stated that 6% of
> cases that listed covid19 as the sole cause of death failed to list the
> co-morbidities.
>
Correct. COVID-19 itself does not kill patients directly as often as it
leaves them open to secondary
Michael Foster wrote:
> The CDC itself has said only about 6% of reported mortality could reliably
> be attributed to the virus.
No, it did not say that. You have misunderstood. Please stop spreading such
misinformation.
When you take that into account, the common cold probably has a higher
Someone from PLOS sent me a form letter addressed to Dr. Rothwell,
suggesting I visit their online guide to writing and publishing scientific
papers. I do not know whether to take that as a compliment or an insult. I
would like to think it means they are reading the JCMNS and other papers.
Anyway,
I realize this is off topic. And I expect everyone here has heard about it.
But I thought you would like to see some quantitative information.
Here is a note on temperatures. The second article says the Moderna vaccine
can be kept at -20°C. The Pfizer vaccine has to be kept at -75°C during
CleanHME Meeting presentations:
http://www.cleanhme.eu/?page_id=345
Okay, to summarize this discussion:
A radar would not be able to detect particles such as grains of sand or
small rocks. Therefore I suppose you need a powerful laser in the front of
the spacecraft to heat them and break them into molecules or plasma. It
would have to be turned on at all times
Robin wrote:
> 5) Interstellar gas is not the only problem. A grain of sand or a pebble
> would spell disaster.
>
You're gonna need a VERY high resolution radar and a laser.
Robin wrote:
> A space ship traveling at half the speed of light would encounter these
> molecules traveling in the opposite direction at
> that velocity. Assuming that the kinetic energy of these particles is
> calculated using 1/2 m*v^2 (it's actually more at
> that speed), then the power
Zhang, H., Summary of abnormal heat release experiment of hydrogen flux
vessel. 2020, LENR-CANR.org: Personal Communication
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/ZhangHsummaryofa.pdf
Abstract
A container was designed based on the assumption that the abnormal
exothermic phenomenon of hydrogen
Robin wrote:
In reply to H LV's message of Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:52:04 -0400:
> Hi Jed,
> [snip]
> >> https://lenr-canr.org/wordpress/?page_id=1495
>
> The last entry for 2020 is actually from 2018.
>
I do not understand what you are saying. Which entry? The last one is #33,
which just came out.
H LV wrote:
What is the status of the website for the Journal of Condensed Matter
> Nuclear Science?
> https://iscmns.org/CMNS/publications.htm
> There are no publications listed after 2018.
> Is there a new official site?
>
I do not know if this is official, but all issues are listed &
https://asiatimes.com/2020/09/nasa-lands-on-a-middle-path-to-nuclear-fusion/
NASA lands on a middle path to nuclear fusion
Lattice confinement fusion breakthrough is in the promising Goldilocks zone
between hot and cold fusion
References:
Novel nuclear reactions observed in
Here is a brief letter describing a replication of the Mizuno's experiment:
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RamaraoPgeneration.pdf
Abstract
Centre for Energy Research (CER) at Swami Vivekananda Yoga Anusandhana
Samsthana (S-VYASA) which is a deemed-to-be University at Bangalore, India
started
William Happer, one of the Bush admin scientists who led the attack on cold
fusion, is still fighting against science. Still at war with the facts! You
can look him up in the Google customer search box at LENR-CANR.org. He was
in the news again today. See:
See:
Biberian, J.P., ed. *J. Condensed Matter Nucl. Sci.* Vol. 33. 2020.
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/BiberianJPjcondensedzf.pdf
This is the Proceedings of the ICCF 22 Conference, September 8–13, 2019,
Assisi, Italy
It was new to me! Amazon.com did not bring it to my attention previously.
Maybe the Kindle version is new?
- Jed
See:
Fusion Fiasco, by Steve Krivit
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N2TDWIY
Blurb:
Steven B. Krivit's *Explorations in Nuclear Research* three-book
series (*Hacking
the Atom, Fusion Fiasco, Lost History*) describes the emergence of a new
field of science, one that bridges chemistry and
I uploaded the Japanese version of this paper
Rothwell, J., Review of the calorimetry of Fleischmann and Pons (Japanese
version). 2020, LENR-CANR.org.
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/RothwellJreviewoftha.pdf
I think Japanese readers will be interested in the discussion of the NHE
starting on
H LV wrote:
> When you think about it, I don`t think masks have ever been designed
> explicitly to keep stuff in.
> As far as I know masks have traditionally been designed to keep stuff out.
> Keeping stuff in is a new concept.
>
I believe you are wrong about that. Surgical masks are worn to
This is off-topic, but important.
It turns out that cheap, throw-away "surgical mask, 3-layer" type masks
work best. These are the ones you can buy anywhere nowadays. Office Depot
sells them cheap.
See this research article in Science:
Here is a paper I have been working on for some time. I have to do some
other stuff, so I will upload it now and if people make suggestions I will
improve it later on. I am translating it into Japanese. That will take
another week or so.
Rothwell, J., Review of the calorimetry of Fleischmann and
Regarding the SAV phase.
Staker, M.R., *A model and simulation of lattice vibrations in a
superabundant vacancy phase of palladium–deuterium.* Modelling Simul.
Mater. Sci. Eng., 2020. *28*
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/StakerMRamodelands.pdf
Staker, M.R., *Estimating volume fractions of
Here is a book by Stanislaw Szpak and Frank Gordon:
Szpak, S. and F. Gordon, *Chemical Aspects of the Pd/nH-H2O System in Its
Nuclear Active State*. 2011: LENR-CANR.org
https://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/SzpakSchemicalas.pdf
Dave Nagel wrote:
> Bob Park was a member of my PhD committee at the University of Maryland.
> He, Scott Chubb and I used to meet annually for lunch and a discussion of
> cold fusion.
>
Perhaps I am stating the obvious but . . . This means Park was briefed on
cold fusion at least once a year.
Years ago, Dave Nagel sent me a photo showing himself, Robert Park and
Scott Chubb. They were eating lunch together. A few days ago he wrote to me:
Bob Park was a member of my PhD committee at the University of Maryland.
He, Scott Chubb and I used to meet annually for lunch and a discussion of
Robert Park died April 29, 2020, age 89.
Terry Blanton wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 1:13 PM Jed Rothwell
> wrote:
>
> > Yup . . . So says Mr. Google. So said I!
> >
> >
> https://e-catworld.com/2020/01/11/us-congress-charges-national-science-foundation-to-evaluate-lenr-research-and-make-recommendatio
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