So, I’ve thinking about how we’re so messed up and how so much of why we’re so messed up is because of our reliance on fossil fuels, and I’ve come up with the solution:
I can’t believe no one else has thought of this.
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Actually, later this month, on March 23, it’ll be the 17th anniversary of the Pons and Fleischmann fiasco (if it was a fiasco). And work still continues into what would could be not just the answer to all our problems as a species but -- no pun intended -- one of the coolest triumphs of the geeks ever:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Purdue University is investigating complaints about a scientist who claimed to have achieved "cold fusion" using sound waves to make bubbles in a test tube, the university said on Wednesday. Nuclear engineer Rusi Taleyarkhan's work has been controversial since he published a study in 2002 claiming to have achieved the Holy Grail of energy production -- nuclear fusion at room temperature. Nuclear fusion is the process that powers the sun. If scientists can duplicate the results and harness the technology, tabletop fusion has the potential to provide an almost limitless source of cheap energy.
[from Reuters via CNN]
Whether cold fusion is merely the info age version of the medieval alchemists’ search for the philosopher’s stone or an arena of research with real potential for saving the planet, one thing is clear: for now, we’re gonna have to get our cold fusion where we get everything else: on eBay.
