Cold fusion reactor independently verified

Too soon to be certain but this is the sort of advance that changes the world:

http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/156393-cold-fusion-reactor-independently-verified-has-10000-times-the-energy-density-of-gas


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Please note that it has yet to go through peer-review!

Akkarin wrote: Please note that it has yet to go through peer-review!

Awww....

the scientists say that the cold fusion device they tested is 10 times more powerful than gasoline — which is currently the best fuel readily available to mankind.

please. even diesel is more efficient than petrol.

That is very interesting.

I wonder why Andrea Rossi and his colleague Sergio Focardi are so secretive about what’s in the “secret sauce?”
If they really have cracked this riddle and this is a viable source of energy; that would be awesome. And if it is clean energy that would be even better! I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

I hope for their safety.

Wescli Wardest wrote: That is very interesting.

I wonder why Andrea Rossi and his colleague Sergio Focardi are so secretive about what’s in the “secret sauce?”
If they really have cracked this riddle and this is a viable source of energy; that would be awesome. And if it is clean energy that would be even better! I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

I hope for their safety.

Well it could be fake lol

There might also be patent issues to deal with first before someone copies their idea...

This could be the best thing since language.


If they produced these, and sold them for a mere dollar more than it costs them to make, they would be the richest people on earth.

Even if it were fake, it's probably dangerous, with threats and such, for them to have gone this far.




With one of these (miniaturized of course) one could make a working lightsabre.

Akkarin wrote: Well it could be fake lol

There might also be patent issues to deal with first before someone copies their idea...

Those were my first thoughts as well. But, I hate to pass judgment on others without reason.

I can’t imagine seriously trying to “pass off” a fraud in the scientific community. Perhaps there are patent issues to contend with. But, if that is the case, then to file they will have to divulge how it works to greater degree.

Many times, when something new comes up that can “revolutionize” the world, change things, those that stand to lose the most intervene. I just hope that greed does not overtake them or harm come to them if it is real.

Without knowing what the “secret sauce” is made of or how hard it is to come by, we don’t really know if the solution is practical… given that this is not a hoax.

I am curious as to the validity and practicality of this, all things considered!

The idea is very tantalizing though. A controlled “burn” of 1578.38 F is relatively low and could be far easier to utilize safely and effectively. Now, if we could just come up with a better way to harness that than a “steam engine” (which is what almost all reactors are)…

I would like to see a more detailed analysis of the mechanics and the results of a few tests.

How are you going to post something this interesting without supplying corresponding reports and more detail? Now I’ll have to spend my lunch break looking into this! Thanx!

This is all the trackbacks to the research paper.

This is a good article:

http://www.universetoday.com/102398/cold-fusion-experiment-maybe-holds-promise-possibly-hang-on-a-sec/

Top comment:

Like a good magician, the authors never let you see the whole picture since there is a deception involved. This so-called experiment is not science. All of the methods and materials need to be fully discolsed such that anyone with the right equipment can reproduce the experiment in their own lab. There is no reason to hide details of their experiment unless they are being dishonest. Untold fame and a nobel prize awaits them if their discovery is real. I don't buy the notion that they are hiding details of their work so that like Edison they can mass produce the technology and become insanely rich first. If that is the case, then all the more power to them (pardon the pun.) I am not going to hold my breath on this one, as I was not born yesterday.