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Cold Fusion Rears Ugly Head With Claims of Deuterium-Powered Homes

Posted by timothy on from the let's-go-with-polonium-instead dept.

szczys writes: Ah, who can forget the cold-fusion fiasco of the early 1990s? Promises of room-temperature fusion machines in every home providing nearly-free energy for all. Relive those glory days of hype with this report of Deuterium-Based Home Reactors. Elliot Williams does a good job of deflating the sensationalism by pointing out all of the "breakthroughs," their lack of having any other labs successfully verify the experiments, and the fact that many of the same players from the news stories in the '90s are once again wrapped up in this one. I'm still waiting for the neighborhood E-Cat to arrive ...

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  1. Re:Just by tripleevenfall · · Score: 5, Funny

    Well, I think we can safely assume solar doesn't have the potential Deuterium does for warp drive applications.

  2. Mr. Fusion announcement? by schmidt349 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think this announcement is scheduled for October 21, 2015. Just fire up your Pizza Hut rehydrator and make sure all your fax machines are clear for the announcement.

  3. Cold fusion works. I know it by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 5, Funny

    I use the "I want five blades" Fusion.. It works even when rinsed with cold water. I have seen a Ford Fusion in Minnesota in dead winter. It is time to stop denying. Cold Fusion works.

    --
    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  4. Re: Enjoy a haiku by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    That didn't follow the 5,7,5 patter of Haiku, you happy numbskull. It should go something like this ...

    A man's stiff penis
    In another man's anus
    Those fucking faggots

  5. Feel sorry for any scientist who looks into this by EmperorOfCanada · · Score: 3, Funny

    It must suck for any genuine scientist who might come up with an interesting idea as it relates to small scale or cold fusion. I can just see the grant request meeting:
    So you have filed a grant form on researching neutron production at low temperatures?
    Yes
    Isn't that cold fusion by another name?
    Not really but...
    You're fired, we are stripping your PhD, and we are having the art department make funny cartoons about how much of a loser you are.
    But I only asked for a $2 grant.
    We are also requesting retractions on all your papers including ones that have been lab verified by over 1000 independent researchers.
    But.
    We also just burned your house down and killed your dog.
    I don't have a dog.