In reply to Zell, Chris's message of Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:59:23 -0600: Hi, [snip] >I realize that completely eliminating all contamination is difficult but >if protons can be popped out of the vacuum by an arc discharge, then I >think we need >to take another look at the Steady State theory of the universe. This >could be one of those little experiments with big implications. > >http://blog.hasslberger.com/2007/02/a_history_of_dark_matter.html
An alternative explanation is that environmental Hydrinos leak into the container between the atoms of the solid where they are converted into Hydrogen by the action of energetic electrons in the arc. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://users.bigpond.net.au/rvanspaa/ Competition (capitalism) provides the motivation, Cooperation (communism) provides the means.