Re: Arthur C. Clarke on Cold Fusion

[Chuck Britton <britton@odie.ncssm.edu>]

> I have an ex-student who is at MIT. He claims that a roommate of his who
> works in the research labs there has duplicated cold fusion or seen it
> duplicated many times. He says no one wants to admit it for fear of
> being ostracized. I remain skeptical. If they are successful, why not
> publish? I think we are beating a dead horse.
> --
> Vern Dewees
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Muon mediated 'cold' fusion was demonstrated and published before Pons and
Fleishmann did their thing. It just isn't practical. The muon researchers
were also in Utah, if I remember correctly, and some thought that Pons &
Fleishmann rushed things to BEAT a muon breakthrough.

It's no accident that stressed		Chuck Britton
spelled backwards is desserts.		britton@odie.ncssm.edu