SCI/TECH: U.S. Will Give Cold Fusion Second Look, After 15 Years

It seems that the United States has had a renewed intrest in more exotic energy concepts because of the rising energy demands. This need for more energy could be a plus for the world. Any new technologies developed may be shared with the world.

New York Times: U.S. Will Give Cold Fusion Second Look, After 15 Years

Cold fusion, briefly hailed as the silver-bullet solution to the world's energy problems and since discarded to the same bin of quackery as paranormal phenomena and perpetual motion machines, will soon get a new hearing from Washington.

Despite being pushed to the fringes of physics, cold fusion has continued to be worked on by a small group of scientists, and they say their figures unambiguously verify the original report, that energy can be generated simply by running an electrical current through a jar of water.

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[Edited on 30-3-2004 by Zion Mainframe]

I'll add that Business Week published an article on cold fusion or sonofusion in their March 29th 2004 issue. Apparently a startup company called Impulse Devices Inc. is hoping to build fusion generators within 10 years or so. I wish them luck. This would be fantastic news if it works out.

My thoughts exatly.

It's about time they start to look at this seriously!

It's time these guys buy neutron detectors and learn that what they have is not fusion, it's material insertion. I know, I read the book on Cold Fusion. It's called "Bad Science". Fun read!