This is exceptionally weird, even for Steve Krivit: http://blog.newenergytimes.com/2011/02/07/missing-cold-fusion-from-new-energy-times/
I posted a note here mentioning that the best evidence for helium is the work of Melvin Miles. Krivit said that "New Energy Times has found Melvin Miles’ reports of helium to be well-supported and unambiguous." Yet he continues to claim that cold fusion cannot be fusion. I responded: "Well, if helium is the product, then assuming deuterium is the starting material, that makes it fusion by definition. Deuterons fuse together to become helium." Krivit responded with a vigorous attack on McKubre. I responded with a message he does not wish to post: "Assume for the sake of argument all of [this attack on McKubre is] true. It has no bearing on the results reported by Miles, Gozzi and others who confirmed helium, and therefore it has no bearing on whether the Pd-D system fuses deuterium to form helium. If you agree that Miles is correct, then it seems to me that unless you think the starting material is something other than deuterium, you agree it is fusion. Perhaps I misunderstand your position." I cannot make head or tail of Krivit's views on why cold fusion is not fusion. How can anyone agree that Miles is well-supported one moment, and then claim they don't indicate fusion the next moment?!? What else could they possibly indicate? Miles himself has no doubt the helium proves it is fusion. I think even Huizenga would agree. Perhaps Krivit's views are in tune with the Windom - Larsen theory. I don't know anything about that theory. If it claims the Pd-D process does not convert deuterium into helium then it is wrong. A theory has to conform to the known facts. Krivit's attack on McKubre is outrageous nonsense. As Lomax pointed out, it is not good for the field that someone with such weird notions is taken seriously by the mass media. I don't worry about Krivit. This field has any number of both enemies and misguided supporters. I cannot tell which he is, but I expect one more can do little harm. - Jed
