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Hi, There is also another cold fusion project, from Pierre Corbeil, another French-Canadian guy. I saw a prototype a few years ago (2004) and it was really simple to build. The "generator" produces more energy than he needs to work (in a ratio of 4 for 1) They are actually working with "public raised funds" and have chosen, since the beginning, to give the results of their research to the "public domain". No company patent. No secret. Just put on the Net. The initial objective was to create an appliance that could be built by anyone, with easy-to-find materials and simple technology. (This is important for the 2 final comments I will post.) The first prototype really responded to this objective. Now it is more complicated to build with electronic regulator and starter but keeps doing the job. Just search for "hydro-plasmol" in Google. These people don't care about marketing and buzzing around their idea. They certainly do not target Nobel prize... They just do applied research as they get money from the public. Consequently their web sites are not very "sexy" and most of the information is in French. But once again: they started researching long time before cold fusion was "seriously" considered as an alternative to fossil energy. ====== 2 final comments now: ======= 1- To "dontbother" : In order to not waste 7 pages with ads and bad page setup... Simply don't print such articles! Just save them or email them! ;-) 2- About "portable energy", in response to "visiblepulse". 2-a) Until now, "Who owns energy owns control over people" ==> energy = power. Civilizations have used energy to build more, harvest more, transform more and be more powerful to win more wars and get more countries... with more resources. This was a question of survival and a response to raising populations: need for more space & more food ==> need for control over other populations and their country. With this paradigm broken down (energy = power over people), there is no more reason to continue having such control... And only if rich countries start by giving such energy to the poorest ones... Most conflicts are actually because countries want to rule others, because of their reserves of fossil energy... Being able to give individual portable energy to any people, just for him to have a decent way of life (eat and access to clean water) would remove a lot of problems (jealousy, diseases...) But this could be sufficient to eradicate conflicts for power-trips... Well... May be I'm a little bit idealistic... This is because I'm a humanist. :-) And it seems that human being needs to grow a little bit more. Let’s say human being is at the beginning of the “school age” stage of development… 2-b) The last comment but not least… a) is also true for the a government willing to keep control of its population : Having the control of the energy = controlling the population... Actual energy is produced in one localized point and distributed across the country. This ensures control of the energy, in the way that its distribution is controlled… Not to mean that government can decide to turn off power, but in the way that it is taxable… No tax paid ? . No energy : In that way, people depends on government. Imagine one moment that each home is completely self-sufficient with cold fusion, wind mill, solar panels, or any mean … No more need to be connected to an electric network and pay for it… Now imagine that water is not polluted, you can have your own local water well. No need to be connected to a water network, where only gov. & industry provides drinkable water and are remunerated for this… May be you’ll understand why some industries don’t put too much effort to not pollute water, and some others invest in pumping and selling water… (North American) capitalism has a huge step to do before accepting this and give back people their true liberty… Hope this will make you think a step further. Sorry for poor English … SB