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New Italian documentary updating Rossi's cold fusion claims (subtitles), featuring most of the scientists vouching for the process. [more inside]
posted by Brian B. on Aug 9, 2011 - 47 comments

Rossi and Focardi's cold fusion claims update. [more inside]
posted by Brian B. on Mar 10, 2011 - 34 comments

Cold fusion returns to the debate over itself. Rossi and Focardi say that, when the atomic nuclei of nickel and hydrogen are fused in their reactor, the reaction produces copper and a large amount of energy. The reactor uses less than 1 gram of hydrogen and starts with about 1,000 W of electricity, which is reduced to 400 W after a few minutes. Every minute, the reaction can convert 292 grams of 20°C water into dry steam at about 101°C. Since raising the temperature of water by 80°C and converting it to steam requires about 12,400 W of power, the experiment provides a power gain of 12,400/400 = 31. As for costs, the scientists estimate that electricity can be generated at a cost of less than 1 cent/kWh, which is significantly less than coal or natural gas plants. [more inside]
posted by Brian B. on Jan 30, 2011 - 52 comments