[TheForge] Re: Test mail

[James Binnion]

I used to work with some of the cold fusion guys when I was working  
at SRI International. It always seemed like hocus pocus, but it  
doesn't seem to die, they are still pursuing it. I wish them luck it  
would be a great boon to mankind if we really could produce energy  
that way. Although so far it only seems to be a career killer if you  
talk about it at serious scientific gatherings.

Jim

On Nov 11, 2005, at 12:19 PM, Bruce Freeman wrote:

> I said, with a HAMMER.  If you can compress atoms with a hammer,  
> even if "not easily", you ought to let the cold fusion boys know  
> about it.  Might get a grant for a few hundred thou...
>
>>>> jbin at well.com 11/11/2005 1:50:43 PM >>>
>
> On Nov 11, 2005, at 5:10 AM, Bruce Freeman wrote:
>>
>> However, I AM a chemist and have taken the usual courses in
>> physics.  NO WAY you can compress atoms or even metal grains (tiny
>> crystals within a solid metal) with a hammer.
>
>
> Well not easily, and when you do you get a rather large explosion. A
> small fission weapon is used to overcome the force that holds the
> hydrogen atoms apart in a fusion weapon. Compresses Atoms> Fusion >  
> Bang
>
>
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
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