From: Eric Walker
The 4He evidence has been misinterpreted along the lines that Hoffman suggests, and although there is a nuclear reaction of some kind, it is not 4He but something else -- perhaps f/H in connection with tunneling. 1. The 4He evidence has been misinterpreted along the lines that Hoffman suggests, and there is no nuclear reaction; instead there is a chemical reaction that is poorly understood -- perhaps Jones's RPF. Let me say the major weakness of RPF, in the minds of those who think that LENR should be simplified ala Ockham, is that it speaks to protons only. It does not apply to deuterium. The helium evidence - which is strong - would apply to deuterium only, and has no bearing on reactions involving protons in metals. Although technically the same element - deuterium is far different from protium, double the mass and different in almost every other significant physical property – so one feels justified in treating the two as different elements, essentially - since there is no way to reconcile the two types of gainful reactions as being similar IMO. Jones
