Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough?

Re:Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough? by nazgulnarsil on Sunday July 10, 2011 @04:43AM (#2747352)

Yes, thorium is huge. I don't know what it has to do with the rossi e-cat though, which smells like a scam. I'm flagging this article for being a terrible source on information about either separately, and being a confusing jumble trying to combine the two topics.

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Re:Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough? by fleitz on Sunday July 10, 2011 @04:49AM (#2747365)

I'm definitely skeptical of the e-cat but it sounds simple enough to build at home. But yes, the whole 'unexplained scientific pheonmena' combined with we can't show you the design because we don't have patents, combined with we can't get patents because the science is unproven sounds like the typical scam.

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Re:Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough? by nazgulnarsil on Sunday July 10, 2011 @05:08AM (#2747399)

I just looked into it and it is a claim of cold fusion. They say they've been running successfully for two years now. fucking bullshit. Thorium is too important to be associated with this crap.

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Re:Are We On the Verge of an Energy Breakthrough? by fleitz on Sunday July 10, 2011 @06:33AM (#2747506)

The really weird thing is it's at the end of the energy producing fusion chain, eg. nickel to copper / iron.

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