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What I want to know is why nobody talks about this.. https://brillouinenergy.com/news https://brillouinenergy.com/news > Researchers at SRI International have

What I want to know is why nobody talks about this.. https://brillouinenergy.com/news https://brillouinenergy.com/news > Researchers at SRI International have issued a Technical Progress Report covering their review and independent validation of Brillouin Energy’s on-going testing and scaling efforts of its most advanced Isoperibolic (“IPB”) Hydrogen Hot Tube™ (HHT™) component prototypes, which generate controlled Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (“LENR”). I've been keeping an eye on it since 89 and this seemed significant.

philipkglass 4y ago
It's probably because they appear to be cranks who keep promising results right around the corner and never deliver. Here's a story from 10 years ago about how Brillouin's technology can generate electricity for 1 cent per kilowatt hour, linked from their official blog at the time [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012248/http://pesn.com/2012/04/19/9602078_Brillouin--Understanding_How_LENR_Works_Will_Enable_Us_to_Be_First/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012248/http://pesn.com/2... If they had an empirically working device, by now they could just be using it generate heat and/or power and leave it up to better-funded institutes to figure out the mechanism after the fact. Since they're not selling the devices and they're not selling power, and they've been "iterating" for years, I don't think that they actually have anything. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20130421190244/http://brillouinenergy.blogspot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130421190244/http://brillouine...
- ncmncm 4y ago
  Making empty promises about fusion tech is a good way to collect investors' money with no risk of fraud indictments, and no need ever to pay any back. Work done under government grants is similar.
- johnnymorgan 4y ago
  Tbh it was only the SRI confirmation that caught my eye. I've mostly written this off but was curious what the relevance of it was as it did seem to be verified by an independent body. The question of if the tech can actually be used for power generation..no idea but never seemed likely.

philipkglass 4y ago

It's probably because they appear to be cranks who keep promising results right around the corner and never deliver. Here's a story from 10 years ago about how Brillouin's technology can generate electricity for 1 cent per kilowatt hour, linked from their official blog at the time [1]: https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012248/http://pesn.com/2012/04/19/9602078_Brillouin--Understanding_How_LENR_Works_Will_Enable_Us_to_Be_First/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012248/http://pesn.com/2... If they had an empirically working device, by now they could just be using it generate heat and/or power and leave it up to better-funded institutes to figure out the mechanism after the fact. Since they're not selling the devices and they're not selling power, and they've been "iterating" for years, I don't think that they actually have anything. [1] https://web.archive.org/web/20130421190244/http://brillouinenergy.blogspot.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20130421190244/http://brillouine...

ncmncm 4y ago
Making empty promises about fusion tech is a good way to collect investors' money with no risk of fraud indictments, and no need ever to pay any back. Work done under government grants is similar.
johnnymorgan 4y ago
Tbh it was only the SRI confirmation that caught my eye. I've mostly written this off but was curious what the relevance of it was as it did seem to be verified by an independent body. The question of if the tech can actually be used for power generation..no idea but never seemed likely.