[TheForge] Slack tank...POL OT

[Andrew Vida]

peter fels & phoebe palmer wrote:

> Of course, the major tech hurdle in the way of renewable energy, is 
> still energy storage.

Carbon nanotube capacitors are the future, it appears, of storage.

There are also companies still pursuing LENR (cold fusion).  The results 
of the initial experimenters has been reproduced many times now and 
there is exxentially ZERO doubt that nuclear reactions are taking place. 
  One Dr Storm and his wife, both ex-Los Alamosites are doing research 
for Lattice.  They have detected tritium as a by product of their 
experiments, which pretty well seals the truth.  No reactions, no 
tritium.  The question remaining is whether enough energy can be 
extracted from these reactions.  The other question, of course, is how 
will government move to make personal reactors illegal for people to 
possess.  Best guess will be the tritium issue - hazardous waste.  Too 
much $$$ and power at stake to let people become energy independent. We 
would have to put up one hell of a fight on that front, but IMO it would 
be worth the bloodshed.

Imagine having a car that ran for 50 years without ever needing 
refueling.  That is the promise of LENR, if it can be made practical. 
I'd be willing to bet that it can be.  Interference is the real issue, 
moving forward.

> Hardly advocating giving up the sparks, but think we need to be 
> considering the whole cost of burning coal.

Right now we have no other choices.  Take heat away from people in 
winter on a large scale and see where that gets us.