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In this thread from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16590030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16590030, there were a lot of commenters
by King-Aaron 9y ago
In this thread from a few weeks ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16590030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16590030, there were a lot of commenters saying that Fusion (/ cold fusion) is not much more than vapourware. Is this news evidence to the contrary?
- deelowe 9y agoProgress is steadily being made on fusion, not sure why anyone would say it's vaporware. Cold fusion is something totally different...
- King-Aaron 9y agoOk, thanks for that. Wasn't sure there was a distinction between the two (layman here with a casual interest in the topic)
- pbowyer 9y agoSearch for "Pons and Fleischmann" to learn more about Cold Fusion :)
- King-Aaron 9y agoAppreciate that!
- zamalek 9y agoCold fusion would happen without plasma involved, i.e. room temperature. Fusion happens with plasma: at least 1000s celcius. The plasma is one of the primary reasons fusion is hard (the magnets are there precisely because of it). That's the allure of CF, pity it's impossible.
- Nokinside 9y agoIt's not vapourware, just expensive to develop. The path is ITER, DEMO (30% greater plasma density) then commercial reactors based on DEMO
- DennisP 9y agoThat's the most expensive path. New superconductors let us shrink the same design for much cheaper development; MIT's ARC project and Tokamak Energy are pursuing this.
- raverbashing 9y agoActually there was a recommended video by MIT on the subject when opening the video above about fusion It seems there is something, but not really what Fleischman & Pons saw, (and a lot of quackery), but there seems to be some legitimate effects going on.
- Nomentatus 9y agoThe MIT video referred to is - Cold Fusion - Real, But Is It Ready? - Prof. Peter Hagelstein https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiNDqaFPO4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiNDqaFPO4A