We have received a few interesting
comments
on our blog, and we welcome yours.
For your convenience, here is a
summary of the meaning and implications of NET34:
1. "24
MeV/4He" Does Not Exist
Contrary to what the public
has heard and believed, the
purported best evidence
for the
theory of low-energy nuclear
reactions
as a "cold fusion" reaction, specifically
the highly
promoted
claim of ~24 MeV/4He, does not exist.
2. Helium-4 is Not
Expected*
Helium-4 is a rare product of D-D
thermonuclear fusion. Its
finding in LENR in
significant quantities is inconsistent with
thermonuclear fusion. Its promotion by
the subgroup as
evidence of D-D "cold fusion" is
misleading.
3. Only a Subgroup Is Responsible
A
subgroup of the LENR field comprising some of the most
prominent leaders of the field (mostly
Americans) is primarily
responsible for causing this
misperception.
4. Other Potential Energetic Processes
Discarded
The subgroup misled the public into
believing that excess
heat and non-energetic
helium-4 were the only confirmed
evidence for LENR. This distracted the public from
more
closely analyzing why the D-D
"cold fusion" hypothesis fell
so short in explaining
the many other observed phenomena
in
LENR.
5. Experimental Evidence of LENR Is
Strong
The consequences of attempting to sell people
and the U.S.
government on the
speculative, unsupported theory of
"cold fusion" caused them to have less confidence in
the
very real and strong experimental evidence of
LENR.
6. LENR Progress Delayed
The subgroup's
efforts to promote its "cold fusion" theory
have come
at the expense of the acceptance and recognition
of the entire LENR field.
NET34
contains these six articles:
1. Editorial: An Incoherent Explanation
of LENR
(An expanded version of the four points
listed above)
2. The Emergence of an Incoherent Explanation for D-D
"Cold Fusion"
(The feature story, 3,971 words,
excluding the abstract)
3. Inexplicable D-D "Cold Fusion" Claims From
Italy
(How Italian researchers played a
role)
4. U.S. Department of Energy 2004 LENR Review: The Inside
Story
(How American and Italian researchers
attempted to spin the DoE)
5. Revisions to Previously Reported MeV/4He
Values
(Technical information)
6. A Tragic Event in
LENR History
(About a murder)
To view NET34 on
the Web:
NET34:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2010/34/NET340.shtmlNET34
Slideshow:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2010/34/4HeRetention-Slide1-100.shtmlBoth
documents are also available as printable PDF files:
NET34:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2010/34/NET34.pdf
NET34
Slideshow:
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2010/34/NET34Slides-IncoherentExplanation.pdf
Let this be crystal clear: Although the LENR phenomenon
may not be D-D "cold fusion," it is nuclear and provides hope for a new source
of clean energy.
