The Casimir effect is significant in the binding potential of the
deflated state, and thus in elongating the duration of the state pre-
fusion, though the net energy imparted by the Casimir effect is zero,
by symmetry. A nuclear Casimir effect is also extremely significant
in binding hadrons together in a nucleus. Yes, the Casimir effect is
not a major player in creating (nuclear) heat, but uncertainty energy
due to the ZPF is. See:
http://mtaonline.net/~hheffner/NuclearZPEtapping.pdf
A clue to the truth of this, and to the fact that uncertainty energy
is extractable, is the fact Sandia surprisingly obtained over-unity
shots when using helium to test the Z-machine.
Even if Rossi and BLP and all the other cold fusion efforts, and hot
fusion efforts like ITER, turn out to not be commercially viable, I
think Sandia's ambitious z-pinch program will produce a viable energy
technology, and within a few years. For general info see:
http://www.sandia.gov/z-machine/
I think it is wise to not over commit to the Rossi technology being
both real and useful until an actual MW producing plant is built and
functioning long term. If this is a hoax it will of course set cold
fusion research financing back years, and the pie will be in our faces.
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
On Jan 24, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
Ironic in a way, Fran … (that you would hold back your enthusiasm
now) but yes, the possibility of a ‘very elaborate scam’ involving
dozens of participating strangers and doctorate-level scientists -
has not been completely ruled out.
95% certainty is arguably “uncertain” to the strictly scientific
mentality.
But it is ironic nevertheless … since this device might well depend
on the Casimir effect at the most fundamental level (not for the
heat, per se, but for maintaining ‘pycno’ - dense hydrogen,
following spillover).
If nothing else, your blog and posts have identified you as the
chief proponent of the general idea that at least the first step in
the anomalous heat processes, in many prior experiments, depends on
cavity-QED.
Everything that follows would then depends a priori on the Casimir
effect, even if it is “only” a force, and not a dynamic source of
heat in itself. It is then clearly the most fundamental part of a
two (or more) step process. And it is what LENR has lacked, until
“nano” came along with Arata as the icon of that advance, since
even Mills himself did not appreciate what was going-on in his
similar experiments.
Few observers who have delved into this deeply doubt that Raney
nickel provides the easiest commercial route to a massive level of
Casimir cavities in nickel, nor that Rossi is using it as his “nano
nickel” (nor that it is responsible for the two lab fires in New
Hampshire)… nor even that that the many of the prior [problems with
LENR stem from the fact that crystal ‘dislocations’ are a poor
substitute for engineered cavities.
If the Casimir effect is NOT involved, I would be completely amazed.
If the Casimir effect is a sine qua non to the reaction happening
at a robust level, I would not be surprised in the least.
Hey ! Let’s celebrate with a toast to Hendrik (Casimir) and
especially to Murray (Raney)! who actually preceded Casimir by
twenty years !! not to mention P&F and Rossi !!!
… maybe there should be martinis all around – which drink – BTW
could be called the rossi … if you want to get into a trivia
contest <g> Bottom’s up ! and put it all on Park’s tab.
Later, we can add a round for Mallove, Puthoff (ZPE) and even
Mills, after we have had a few - and all the others who have pushed
this along in their own way –Storms, Swartz, McKubre, Miley, Mizuno
etc. etc. etc. not to mention Jed who has been the force majeure,
so to speak - in the face of constant criticism from the meatheads
of science.
Cheers,
Jones
From: francis
http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4212428/Italian-scientists-
claim-cold-fusion-success
This is a widely read publication with a huge audience among
government contractors. The major media will be next. To be honest
I only forwarded my own comments with this news to certain peers at
Lockheed this morning for fear of this being some elaborate hoax.
