Re: Hyperdrive!
- From: bb_43@xxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Bunin)
- Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 00:58:12 GMT
In article <44ur8tF433ngU1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Juergen Nieveler <juergen.nieveler.nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan Holdsworth schrieb:
Cold fusion isn't so far-fetched as you might imagine. There exists a
bench-top demonstration that can cause very limited fusion to happen in
the depths of a certain sort of crystal; too little by several orders of
magnitude to be a useful power source but sufficient to be a good
benchtop neutron source.
Which is something that has been bothering me for years - what good would
cold fusion be anyway? With fission and normal fusion you get heat, which
generates steam, which powers a generator, or turns the screw of a carrier.
But how would cold fusion generate anything? It's cold, therefore steam
generation won't be possible, right? The neutrons, while being interesting
to physicians, are worthless for the normal end user who would like to use
the benchtop cold fusion plant to power his tank. I know there must be
energy released somehow (or Einstein would have lots to explain), but where
does it go?
A geothermal system is quite useful, and it works off the 30 degree or so
differential between the two temperatures.
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