The world is full of contrarians and fear mongers. They will be used by the fossil fuel industries to slow the progress of any replacement source.
Terry On 1/8/09, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote: > > > Considering that the mass release of hydrinos into the environment is > > totally unknown, it's my bet that you will see hot fusion before you > > see a hydrino powered generator go online. > > > > I do not think this will be a problem. Most scientists claim that hydrinos > do not exist. Therefore they cannot be released into the environment. So > there can be no environmental issue. > > A similar situation arose in the early days of cold fusion. Melvin Miles > observed excess heat and began looking for tritium. The safety officer at > China Lake became concerned and want to close down the experiment because it > might be dangerous. Miles and showed him papers & editorials from Nature and > elsewhere claiming that cold fusion does not exist and convinced him that > since it does not exist it cannot be a safety threat. > > This is the only incident I am aware of in which the opponents of cold > fusion were helpful and served a useful purpose, albeit inadvertently. > > - Jed > >