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- From: bobp@hal.com (Bob Pendleton)
- Newsgroups: sci.physics.fusion
- Subject: Re: RE: Yamaguchi's experiments
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.152804.20305@hal.com>
- Date: 17 Nov 92 15:28:04 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.152429.206@physc1.byu.edu>
- Organization: HaL Computer Systems, Inc.
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- From article <1992Nov16.152429.206@physc1.byu.edu>, by jonesse@physc1.byu.edu:
- > I hope this matter is clarified,
- > because glass provides a reservoir for helium which can be extracted by
- > passing H2 or D2 gas over it. This is precisely the artifactual evidence for
- > helium production from hydrogen gasses that initially confused Paneth in
- > experiments with Peters in the late 1920's: "Paneth and Peters showed that
- > the liberation of helium from glass is dependent on the presence of hydrogen.
- > Glass tubes, which gave off no detectable helium when heated in vacuum or in
- > an oxygen atmosphere, yielded up absorbed helium in the quantities observed
- > when heated in an atmosphere of hydrogen. Hence, they were in a position to
- > give an explanation of the occurrence of the observed very small quantities
- > of helium in their experiments as coming from absorbed helium in the glass,
- > without having to conclude the systhesis of helium from hydrogen." (p. 13
- > of John Huizenga's book on cold fusion.)
-
- Of course, an alternative explanation, let's call it the True Believer
- explanation, would be that various forms of glass catalyze the fusion
- of H and D to He. Which kind of fits the geofusion hypothesis, doesn't
- it? :-)
-
- > You tell me: what is going on in Japan?
-
- I really don't know but, I can speculate.
-
- I think the driving force behind the quest for Cold Fusion is the
- possibility (no matter how small) that we could be on to a compact,
- clean, and virtually limitless source of energy. This is something
- that everyone on earth needs desperately.
-
- But as much as we all need it, does any society on earth need such a
- source of energy as much as the Japanese do? They pretty much import
- all their energy either as oil, coal, uranium, or now, plutonium. The
- Japanese know from history what a shipping blockade can do to them.
-
- The Japanese are highly motivated to find new sources of energy. They
- have the money, the talent, and the motivation to look into any
- possible new energy source. They are perhaps too motivated.
-
- Bob P.
-
-
- P.S.
-
- I'm completely ignoring the commercial value of having the patents on
- the first working Cold Fusion power plants.
-
- --
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