Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Nick Palmer
ABD Perhaps Steve is defining the W-L theoretical reaction (and any other method that does not involve brute force smashing of the Coulomb barrier) as not fusion to differentiate it/them from the popular perceptions of mainstream science that Cold Fusion cannot happen because of the Coulomb

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Jed Rothwell
Nick Palmer wrote: Perhaps Steve is defining the W-L theoretical reaction (and any other method that does not involve brute force smashing of the Coulomb barrier) as not fusion to differentiate it/them from the popular perceptions of mainstream science that Cold Fusion cannot happen because

RE: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Jones Beene
Nick, Please look at Horace's prior comments on this in the archive. They are right on. By claiming a beta decay and an ultra-low momentum neutron - W-L do NOT avoid the problem of fusion (including NA and transmutation). They merely make it a secondary step and avoid talking about it. Plus

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 23, 2010, at 7:45 AM, Jones Beene wrote: [snip a bunch of stuff with which I agree] I wrote: Windom and Larsen estimate slow neutrons to be absorbed in less than a nanometer, 10^-9 meter, about 10 angstroms. That is about 10 hydrogen atoms, or 3 Pd atoms in width. If neutrons can

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 11:05 AM 3/23/2010, Jed Rothwell wrote: Nick Palmer wrote: Perhaps Steve is defining the W-L theoretical reaction (and any other method that does not involve brute force smashing of the Coulomb barrier) as not fusion to differentiate it/them from the popular perceptions of mainstream

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Horace Heffner
It strikes me as a good thing to have debate of public interest regarding the causes of cold fusion and heavy element low energy nuclear reactions. Better to argue about why it happens than if it happens. However, it is also clearly useful to assume the integrity of the scientists

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote:  Better to argue about why it happens than if it happens. And how! T (intended double entendre)

Re: [Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-23 Thread Horace Heffner
On Mar 23, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 4:10 PM, Horace Heffner hheff...@mtaonline.net wrote: Better to argue about why it happens than if it happens. And how! My oversight. 8^) Once again a bad choice of words on my part. Ultimately no one can

[Vo]:Fusion confusion

2010-03-22 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
Looking about, I noticed the New Energy Times FAQ, updated April 15, 2009. We can see, in it, that NET had lost objectivity by that time, reporting as fact what isn't proven or broadly accepted, apparently based on the theories that Krivit personally prefers.