Re: The Cold Fusion Motor

MarkA wrote:
> On Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:45:32 -0700, george wrote:
> 
>> On Jul 2, 5:26 pm, "Mike E. Fullerton" <inforequ...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> techie.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The dream is yours.
>>>
>>> http://peswiki.com/energy/Directory:Cold_Fusion
>> Okay.
>> Tell me then where the operating system is situated.

Tell me where the economically viable hot fusion reactor is.

>> There are a lot of experiments but nothing beyond the experimental
>> state.

Same as hot fusion for a lot longer, you think its bunk too?

>> It's been about 20 years since this idea was first shot down

Yes 20 years of the raving stupidity of pathological skepticism.

> <sarcasm>
> Let's not be too harsh, here.  Just because an idea promises to
completely
> revolutionize our energy infra-structure, and would have massive
> implications not only for financial gain but also in our understanding
of
> nuclear physics, there's no reason to expect there to be any measurable
> progress towards having a working system within 20 years!
> </sarcasm>

The same can be said of hot fusion. Obscene amounts of money have been 
funneled into the hot fusion black hole for far more than 20 years yet 
this technology does not attract raving hordes of pathological skeptics 
that cold fusion does. Why the double standard?


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Skeptopathy (pathological skepticism)
the unscientific belief that unusual phenomena are bunk.