There could be a reason why Horace's deflated fusion model doesn't work with only hydrogen- IOW a version of the proton fusion reaction - leading to deuterium; BUT if it can fit, then it provides many clear advantages to a Rossi-type of device, and cannot be ruled-out simply because the inventor thinks otherwise.
As for expectations based on what has been reported: They seem to match, since some slight radioactivity (with a built-in time delay) would be expected - due to eventual deuterium fusion, once enough deuterium shows up ... and to Rothwell's delight (and Krivit's embarrassment), since in the end the Rossi effect could still be hydrogen fusion followed by a delayed deuterium fusion reaction. If some radioactivity is seen, most of it could be from tritium - but it might take weeks for it to show. This seems to explain reported results. To put this into a Universal perspective - you must appreciate that the most common reaction in the universe is the fusion of two protons into deuterium, releasing a positron and a neutrino as one proton changes into a neutron. Life on earth is absolutely dependent on this reaction. H + H → D + e+(positron) + neutrino + .42 MeV The reaction is extremely slow, even in the gravity well of a solar-sized mass - because the protons must tunnel through an 'unmasked' Coulomb barrier, which presumably would be absent - in the deflated model of a trapped electron. IOW the Coulomb barrier would be attenuated by the deflation, allowing a greatly enhanced rate. Warm and sunny regards, Dr. Pepper -----Original Message----- From: Jones Beene Horace An immediate response is this: if that if two deflated protons can get together in such a way as in the second reaction - then why would they not simply emerge as deuterium most of the time? i.e. a deflated version of P-e-P ?
