Nuclear Confusion

The cold fusion types are warming up their hands again. Link The trick with cold fusion seems to be the detection of extra neutrinos from the experiment. The methods the researchers are taking seem to dwell on making ever more complicated detection devices instead of making more neutrinos. Do you ever notice all the cold fusion experts dote about their experiments, tapping on their beakers and peering in as though looking at a goldfish in a bowl? I don’t know about you but if I had any expectations of a fusion reaction I would be hiding behind a lead shield with my head in my lap. Could it be the researchers are more expectative of government grants than any viable reaction? What we need here is for some unfortunate genius to pour one liquid into another, spontaneously creating harmless goo and subsequently being rushed to the hospital with severe radiation burns. Unlikely. A recent attempt using sound bubbles at first seemed promising but alas, aside from the researcher, no ‘experts’ found a reaction. Hot fusion seems more promising. The Russians created a clever chamber to hold the plasma reaction and the European Union is aggressively pursuing this route. In the meantime we must face the fact that nuclear power is practically of the fission variety and the near future will depend heavily on fission for power generation. Thousands of plants will have to be built and the current state of the industry is very much lacking in planning, investment and commitment. Breeder reactors will extend uranium reserves and glass storage technologies will mitigate some of the waste issues. These developments make nuclear fission a lesser of two evils given the state of the environment, unemployment levels and fossil fuel reserves. I’m sure some readers are getting hot under the collar about now and are screaming at the screen that, as a matter of fact, nuclear fusion power is available today. Well your right, we just have put up our solar panels and see for ourselves…. Source