tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161119503275991812.post7328829899064185556..comments2024-03-23T07:09:11.247+00:00Comments on Sustainability and stuff according to Nick Palmer...: Extraordinarily important announcement or not?Nick Palmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161119503275991812.post-957506980249256642011-01-17T01:56:01.613+00:002011-01-17T01:56:01.613+00:00That there is a physics of "cold fusion"...That there is a physics of "cold fusion" is almost indisputable - that is that the physics of nuclear reactions that take place in solids are very different to those that take place in plasmas. There have been thousands of papers published and there are many different types of CF. Reproducibility of large effects has been difficult, whereas that of small effects is very good.<br /><br />This demonstration appears to be a reasonably solid one of a large effect that is reproducible on demand - it also uses nickel/hydrogen which are considerably cheaper than palladium/deuterium which have been the most reproducible systems up until now...<br /><br />I'm not holding my breath but this, if it pans out, is a game changer.Nick Palmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05360924308743466075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2161119503275991812.post-4399496911636073312011-01-16T22:02:21.639+00:002011-01-16T22:02:21.639+00:00Nick,
Should this turn out to be a reproducible ef...Nick,<br />Should this turn out to be a reproducible effect then it is indeed truly fortunately timed. It won't solve all our impending global crises, particularly food security. However it really could turn round the peak oil and CO2 emissions.<br /><br />Unfortunately my instinct is this is still an irreproducible phantom effect. Worse, if people believe this is genuine when it turns out not to be we could waste time tackling those real problems.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com