The theory is the helium is the end of a sequence of fissions initiated by palladium nuclei absorbing neutrons.
harry > >From: Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> >To: vortex-l@eskimo.com >Sent: Thu, February 10, 2011 12:15:12 PM >Subject: [Vo]:Krivit praises Miles while dismissing his results > >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. > > > >
