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Originally Posted by Eta C
At the moment, wishful thinking IMO. The article is about the DoE review of recent work on CF. This is somewhat old news as the review began back in April. The panel hasn't said much yet. I think they're keeping any progress under wraps and will simply come out with a final report.
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Energy policy being a primary motivator in national and international affairs (that's almost an understatement), what makes you think the DoE would let out any information that supports the contention that there is something to Cold Fusion?
In fact, had Cold Fusion been real, isn't there a chance that THE MAN would have swooped down, and just by the skin of his teeth nipped this thing in the bud?!
Wouldn't a true Cold Fusion discovery turn geopolitics on its head? Cause the collapse of the Middle Eastern economy? (Among many other economies?)
Granted, in the long run, cheap power is a good thing for human productivity. But the short term economic and political upheaval of something like CF is almost unimaginable. I think there would be a lot of pressure to keep it under wraps. Am I wrong?
boris
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and if P+F had any good reason to bypass the "accepted process," this one would have been it - to bypass THE MAN. If they really believed they were onto something, they also would have understood the global / political pressures. They would have known that more than mere science was at stake.