From: Jed Rothwell
Mattia Rizzi <mattia.ri...@gmail.com> wrote: >Cold fusion has been replicated thousands of times in hundreds of labs, and ***conclusively verified*** by people such as Levi and Kullander. You are too enthusiastic. Even Hanno Essén said (on Italian's Skeptics Society (CICAP) magazine (Query)) that the test performed on March 29 was a PRELIMINARY TEST. Don't say conclusively because it's not true. E&K's report says: . . . 0.11 gram hydrogen and 6 grams of nickel (assuming that we use one proton for each nickel atom) are about sufficient to produce 24 MWh through nuclear processes assuming that 8 MeV per reaction can be liberated as free energy. For comparison, 3 liters of oil or 0.6 kg of hydrogen would give 25 kWh through chemical burning. Any chemical process for producing 25 kWh from any fuel in a 50 cm3 container can be ruled out. The only alternative explanation is that there is some kind of a nuclear process that gives rise to the measured energy production. > That sounds conclusive to me. I find it closer to delusional than conclusive. These two Swedes are acting more like cheer-leaders than top scientists. Kullander is emeritus and could be approaching senility, as far as a few of his comments are concerned. Essen is not listed at KTH as a member of the department of nuclear physics. Essen is lecturer to undergraduates. That pretty much tells it all. Even a second-rate undergraduate would be unlikely to suggest that a nuclear reaction can convert nickel to copper at the natural isotope ratio with no residual radioactivity. LOL.
