Re: Energy Revolution

[William Beaty <billb@eskimo.com>]

On Fri, 2 May 1997, John DaCorte wrote:

> I was just reading an interview with Arthur Clarke.  In the interview, he
> mentioned something about a new energy source that he called cold fusion
> which is cold but not really fusion.  He also said that there are some
> 7000 of these units working in Russia right now.  Can anyone give me any
> information of this energy source.  Thanks in advance for any help.

Be aware that this topic is "taboo science".  Researchers in the USA are
confident that CF doesn't work, and so they refuse to waste time on it.
At the same time, researchers in other countries are finding evidence that
it does work.  But in the USA, the scientific mainstream is so confident
that their concensus is correct, that they either refuse to read the
research publications, or they assume that there is something wrong with
all the research.

As a research topic, CF has been put in the same ballpark as research into
Bigfoot or UFOs.  It is regarded with contempt.  Its supporters are seen
as crackpots.  Positive evidence is dismissed as "pathological science."
I believe that this is evidence of "herd-think" and arrogance on the
part of US researchers.  I believe that they take concensus decisions as
powerful truths, rather than as agreed-upon beliefs that they actually
are.  "That many reputable scientists can't be wrong!"  (Except when they
are.  Reality isn't determined by majority vote.)

For some CF resources, see http://www.eskimo.com/~billb/weird/wcf.html

The 7000 units in Russia are vortex-tube water heaters.  Search for
"potopov device".  This is much discussed in old issues of Mallove's
Infinite Energy magazine. 

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