Cold Fusion
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"The basic idea here is that we're at the stage of the transistor like in the period 1947 through 1950 or so when, yes, the phenomenon was there, it was weak, disputed. It was problematic but eventually it overcame those things and is pervasive." - Dr. Eugene Mallove, with science degrees from MIT and Harvard; author of Fire from Ice: Searching for the Truth Behind the Cold Fusion Furor.
It bears mentioning that there is a history of new science being put down and discredited, only to have it proven true. Nikola Tesla was told that alternating current would break the laws of nature and was therefore impossible. But today, the world is powered by alternating current. And we all know what happened to Copernicus and Galileo. This appears to be the latest round of something new that threatens our understanding of the world (not to mention the oil-based power structure) and is therefore looked upon with a high level of skepticism. But to those who take the time to investigate, cold fusion continues to show promise as an alternative energy source.
Links relating to this controversy:
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What if Cold Fusion is Real? (Wired, November 1998)
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Power to the People: The Return of Cold Fusion (San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, 1999)
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Could Cold Fusion be for Real? (March 17, 2000)
Books on Cold Fusion:
- Excess Heat: Why Cold Fusion Research Prevailed, Charles Beaudette, Oak Grove Press (2nd ed.) May 2002
- Nuclear Transmutation: The Reality of Cold Fusion, by by Tadahiko Mizuno, Jed Rothwell (Translator), Eugene Mallove (Foreword), Infinite Energy Press; (December 1, 1998)
