FAQ's about Cold Fusion

Is Cold Fusion real? Good question:  Most scientists don’t think so and will dismiss the idea as not even worth looking into.  However, thousands of scientists still work away at cold fusion and claim results.  (See:  http://www.lenr-canr.org/  for hundreds of scientific papers in support of cold fusion)  It is curious that most of the people who say it must all be wrong, a mistake, miss-measurement, or a fraud just have never looked through the current papers.  There are still international conferences dedicated to cold fusion research.  And we are talking major names at major universities, research laboratories and government laboratories.   It sure looks like there is something there.  The real question is what is really happening in these cells. If it is real, could it be a new energy source? Yes.  If you believe the research then there are many that have produced output power well over the input electrical energy.  For example see: one group claims 25 times more power out than power into the systems See work by Boher in Israel: http://www.iscmns.org/ Or the MAHG gas system that was recently presented to UN secretary Annan at:: http://peswiki.com/index.php/Directory:GIFNET Or the system recently demonstrated at the 11th international conference on Cold Fusion http://www.iccf11.org/ PS- on liter of heavy water could, in theory, power a household for something like 100,000 years or more.  Hay, we have oceans full of the stuff. (About 1 in 6000 or so water molecules is useable for this). What does it take to make it useful? It takes more than just having more heat out than power in.  The reason is that most systems require electrical input power.  That is a very “high level” energy source. When you convert from heat back to electrical energy, you only get a fraction of the heat energy converted into electricity.  – About 20 to 30% if you are lucky and good.  The reason is that these cell run at low temperatures and the Carnot laws come into play about how efficient a heat engine can be.  So…… you need at least 3 or 5 times more heat out than you have electrical input just to “break even”.  However, some cold fusion systems are now claiming that level. So what is the big deal about lighting a light? If you can get a cold fusion system to yield enough heat to power itself even with all the conversion losses and still have a little left over – then it would basically solve the world’s energy problems.  It is a clean process with no bad chemical by products, it is cheap, its energy source is from the water that all nations have,….. on and on. It would be a “green” and “peaceful” solution.  Unlimited power – deserts bloom, people have clean water, fewer wars, cleaner air, cheaper cost of living – these are good things.