Some links should be added to that article. Harry
----- Original Message ----- From: DonW <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, November 24, 2008 2:49 pm Subject: [Vo]:Cold fusion And the heat goes on > http://www.dailynewstribune.com/opinion/x106220350/Verner-Cold- > fusion-And-the-heat-goes-on > > Verner: Cold fusion: And the heat goes on > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > By Gayle Verner, Guest columnist > GHS > Posted Nov 23, 2008 @ 12:18 AM > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------ > > There isn't a day that goes by where we don't hear the national > angst over > alternative energy; it's predominately either wind or solar, end of > discussion. > > Many may think this subject is a big yawn. > > I, on the other hand, am furious. > > What about the other energy - from sea water? > > We used to call it cold fusion, but it's been so unfairly > disparaged over > the years that you have to be careful who you tell. > > Simply put, it's energy from fusing the heavy hydrogen atoms found > in the > ocean with a piece of precious metal and a jolt of electricity; > ultimately,you get more heat out than you put in. > > The result? > > Another clean energy source - at room temperature. > > One day this kind of energy-from-water could substitute for all the > Earth'soil reserves. > > The harnessing and perfecting of this process continues to this > day, making > way for higher-efficient water boilers, alternative energy systems > for cars > and even potable water. > > In 1989, Stanley Pons and Martin Fleischmann, two electrochemists > from Utah > and England, discovered it, publicizing a primitive version of the > process. > Ironically, it was at the same time of Exxon Valdez's oil spill in > Alaska'spristine waters - and the same beautiful area where Gov. > Sarah Palin speaks > of with so much awe. > > At first, the pair received thunderous applause. > > Problem was, few could reproduce it. For a variety of reasons, > includingpending patents, they released partial details of their > experiments to the > world. It was like an incomplete recipe for a cake, not to mention > a recipe > for disaster when the media turned on them. > > Their praise turned to ridicule, biased accusations of fraud and > disdain. > It "simply can't exist," detractors told the world, claiming it > flies in the > face of conventional physics where fusion supposedly can only occur > in the > multi-million degree sun. > > The "fraud" word circulated, unfairly, sticking like gum to an old > shoe. > Bottom line? The scientists rolled up their sleeves. > > Growing vigilant over accuracy and slaving over their experiments, > the cold > fusioneers defended both the scientific process and their work to > mob-like, > powerful, reactionary scientists who just didn't "get it." > > Early in August, I attended the International Conference on Cold > Fusion-14 > in Washington, D.C. More than 180 attended, including a number of > prestigious scientists from the most highly acclaimed laboratories > aroundthe world. > > Not too shabby for a technology that "doesn't exist." > > So far, these scientists have designed devices and systems to > better measure > and control workable reactions. They have shown higher, robust > levels of > power than ever, ultra clean, non-radioactive energy production > with no CO2 > generation. > > And there have been thousands of publications showing positive > results, from > some of the finest scientific minds on the planet. > > Why do these people remain resilient? Because they know something's > there. > Trying to decrease everyone's carbon footprint isn't easy, > providing you > believe in the concept. Yet, most still struggle financially, > receiving no, > or very little, to conduct their craft. > > And they watch as government funds are taken entirely by > representatives of > competing systems, some non-working. > > Undeterred, they convert their garages and eke out makeshift labs > withinlabs, and use closet-like space in corners of academic > institutions as long > as the administrators aren't reminded of their existence. > > On March 23, 2009, this science will be 20 years old. > > Cold fusion is real and respectable and continues to be examined by > respectable people who have steadfastly advanced the technology. > > Given its progress, it deserves to be included in the national energy > debate. > > Gayle Verner works in cold fusion research and publishing. A former > Peoplemagazine correspondent, she lives in Wellesley. > >
