Hot Fusion is difficult in the extreme to produce as witnessed by ITER and the big IEC laser project.
As a result of its difficult nature, it is hard to believe that a tiny spark can produce hot fusion...and yet transmutation does occur; Ergo LENR. On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 11:24 PM, Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > Experimentation that has been done by Ken Shoulders shows transmutation in > the wake of the contact of an EV with a metal surface. No hydrogen was used > in this experimentation. > > > > It is a wacky proposition that these EVs can produce transmutation via a > “hot” fusion mechanism. > > > > Apparently, the deuterium meme is strong in Jed. > > > > * * > > > On Sun, Sep 29, 2013 at 8:16 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> There are a number of LENR experimental systems in which hydrogen is not >>> present. Yet transmutation does occur. For example, the Proton 21 >>> experiments shows transmutation when no hydrogen is present. >>> >> These experiments have not been replicated as far as I know, and many >> people have expressed doubts about them. So they may not be real. I am not >> aware of any other claims of transmutations without hydrogen in >> cold-fusion-like systems. >> >> Transmutation occurs in conventional high energy physics. Assuming the >> Proton 21 claims are correct, perhaps they are a form of high energy >> physics. Along the same lines, fracto-fusion and Taleyarkhan's bubble >> fusion are plasma fusion, not cold fusion. You cannot draw any conclusions >> about the nature of cold fusion from these phenomena. They are plasma >> fusion on a microscopic scale, nothing like cold fusion. >> >> - Jed >> >> >
