Re: Cold Fusion

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Date: 07/14/04 

Date: 14 Jul 2004 12:56:41 -0700

"Tom Potter" <tdp@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:<2lkrf8Fe4h9aU1@uni-berlin.de>...
[snip]
> I recall that back in the 50's and 60's
> millions of dollars were being spent to create "hot fusion"
> and here we are over fifty years later,
> and trillions of dollars have been spent,
> and still no "hot fusion".

The last line of the quoted text is false. There has certainly
been hot fusion in several labs. In fact, it has produced
fusion powers in the megawatt range.

http://fusedweb.pppl.gov/FAQ/section6-results.txt

True, it's not ready for power production. But to claim that
no hot fusion has occured is simply false.
Socks

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