Want to see the world’s foremost clean energy researchers discuss the progress in the viable alternative energy?
The 17th International Conference on Cold Fusion held this past August 12-17, 2012 in Daejon, South Korea hosted this elite group of individuals and labs who came to share their work on low-energy nuclear reactions (LENR) and they have shared their presentations with us.
http://www.iccf17.org/sub16.php
Read Arthur Robey‘s account of his visit to ICCF-17 in Dispatch from Daejon.
Just a reminder that the Cold Fusion Now Online Art Contest/Curation deadline is now a month away.
CLICK HERE for guidelines and more info.
So far we have about half a dozen entries, with 2 prolific Outsider Artists promising to enter, and a soon to be 6 year old collaborating with her father, who says an entry is in the works.
But we definitely could use more entries. So keep em coming or get rolling on some canvas or your preferred medium, and churn out some free energy fusion inspired art to color up this joint, and a chance at the mega 100 dollar Benjamin giveaway or limited edition T-shirts (which only Rosanne Barr and a few others own.)
Let’s barrel into 2013 with fresh energy,
displayed through CF inspired art.
A counter measure of sorts as well; for the inevitable revenants in the coming year who will rise from the skeptical woodwork looking to drain energy from the CF community.
Art never fails as a viable apotropaic to ward off said revenants, driving them back to the 1990’s or better yet easing them into the current Transition.
Art for Art’s sake is the main purpose though, so, send the above or below link out to any artists you know, old or very young, established, not, or creating under a “non-artist” label, all is fine and we look forward to the works.
Thanks much.
Entries can be emailed to eli@ColdFusionNow.org
CLICK HERE for guidelines and more info about the Cold Fusion Now Art Contest.
The nickname reflects the fact that this is an unnatural monster made by mankind.
“History is being written as an extreme weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the annals of weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United States,” says meteorologist Stu Ostro of the Weather Channel. (newsusatoday)
President Obama warns of the dangers of this unusual storm. (youtube)
Extreme weather events threaten the security of our nation, and the world. The factors contributing to global warming (greenhouse gases) have accumulated over time and will naturally dissipate over time. For this to happen we must stop using coal, diesel, gasoline, and kerosene/aviation fuels as soon as possible.
The President interviewed recently with MTV noting the lack of discourse about global warming during the debates. In this he speaks of his work advancing renewables and efficiency: wind, solar, and biofuels along with better fuel standards and efficient buildings. At the end of the interview he spoke of the importance of research and that his administration believes that through research and science we will gain new energy sources that will finally get us out of this fix.
10/26/12: MTV’s Sway Williams breaks the climate silence, asking President Barack Obama a tough question about global warming. Obama says he’s “surprised it didn’t come up in the debates.” (youtube)
View this video for the latest science on global warming. (video)
Published on Feb 16, 2012 by UCtelevision. Ralph Cicerone is president of the National Academy of Sciences and chair of the National Research Council. His research in atmospheric chemistry and climate change has involved him in shaping science and environmental policy at the highest levels nationally and internationally. Series: “The UC Davis Chancellor’s Colloquium Series”
Dennis Bushnell, of NASA, states that the energetics found in engineered cold fusion/LENR devices is the solution to the global warming problem.
The NASA development of the SUGAR Volt, an all-electric Boeing 747, has plans for LENR as an energy source.
The Defense Intelligence Agency states LENR power will be the greatest transformation of the battlefield since the conversion from horses to gasoline.
Cold Fusion LENR power is what Obama alludes to; new energy that we will gain through science and research. It is real; it is past being cutting edge research and is now research and engineering. Obama as Chief of NASA and the Armed Forces is aware of this. He is also aware of the fact that more and more people are learning of this every day.
We need to declare a national emergency… not just about Hurricane Sandy. The true emergency is greenhouse gases and a war needs to be declared. The weapon to win the war against extreme weather events is cold fusion LENR energy. The battle will be long but it will be won.
Cold Fusion Now – LENR Power – Stop Greenhouse Gases (link) https://coldfusionnow.org/global-warming-climate-change-and-cold-fusion-lenr-power/
The LENR NASA Series Cold Fusion Now (link) https://coldfusionnow.org/lenr-nasa-series-cold-fusion-now/
The LENR Obama Series Cold Fusion Now (link) https://coldfusionnow.org/lenr-obama-series-cold-fusion-now/
1) LENR Engineering (link) (article)
2) The thrust of this article is not one storm i.e. Hurricane Sandy.
It is about global warming, climate change, the role of carbon dioxide, and cold fusion LENR as a way to halt greenhouse gas loading into our atmosphere.
Extreme weather events are not unique to our time. Yet, there is an increase of such with the increased excitation of our atmosphere due to the ‘greenhouse’ entrapment of solar radiation.
Excess carbon dioxide will eventually disperse through absorbtion from photosynthesis, chemical bonding, and evaporation into space.
The key is to halt the unnessesary production of carbon dioxide (beyond breathing). LENR engineered power, otherwise known as cold fusion energy, is about to do just that.
The folks at NASA have the honor of holding the title of ‘chief skeptics’, they are the ‘shizmits’ of those who state that they grasp our present day understanding of physics.
Due to their deep insight into the knowledge of physics and science, NASA understands when an ‘art of science’ progresses beyond the ‘cutting edge research’ phase and enters the “research and engineering’ phase. Cold fusion LENR science has just done that.
Ask NASA.
3) I sent this to a solar company respondent:
You are welcome… A blessing yes.
As Bushnell states, at “40% of the cost of coal”… makes oil, natural gas, u238 nuclear, solar, wind, offshore wind, geothermal, tidal, and hydro-electric and all known energy sources uncompetitive.
Chicago Screening of The Believers from Eli Elliott on Vimeo.
The second premiere of the new Cold Fusion documentary, “The Believers” took place on Saturday, Oct. 20th as part of the Chicago International Film Festival. The night before, the film was awarded the Gold Hugo Award for Best Documentary Film of the Festival.
THE BELIEVERS focused mainly on the Martin Fleischmann – Stanley Pons story involving their announcement of Cold Fusion in 1989, and the aftermath to follow. Using this theme as a home base, the film weaved in some of the current crop of researchers, scientists, advocates and still skeptics.
We meet Edmund Storms, Robert Park, Martin Fleischmann, the assistant/grad student to Stanley Pons (Stanley declined to be interviewed), Irving Dardik, James Martinez, Eric Golab, and others.
Besides the event and aftermath of the ’89 Cold Fusion announcement, the film touches on patent issues, Hollywood’s fictional take on fusion, and ultimately the overall collision of media and science.
Having read and researched the subject of Cold Fusion for some years now, it was hard to judge or evaluate a portrait of such fitted into a 80 or so minute frame. Inevitably one will feel important aspects missing, or topics glossed over. But in the end, as a documentary which aims to tell a story, the filmmakers succeed in putting together a good film, likely turning on many people to Cold Fusion, the sordid history involved, and some of the main individuals, past and present.
The Approach.
Most seasoned Cold Fusion vets will likely have a problem with the chosen approach towards the subject matter. The filmmakers made the decision to go with the “mainstream viewpoint” established in the 90’s, now starting to seem archaic, of asking the “is it real or not” question. Many have already pointed out this viewpoint to be a purposeful slant that was perpetuated, propagated, from late ’89 into the 90’s, fueled by the usual suspects: politics, ego, greed, money, and more. I recall Melvin Miles in reference to the DOE report and their refusal to change his negative results to positive during that time even though he was now achieving positive results, saying how MIT was planning for negative results before they even wrote the paper and how politically they couldn’t have come out positive. Hence the myth of “junk science” was created. (And he later had work published showing the exact mistakes MIT made in their negative conclusions).
So it will be surprising to many, that now, after 20 years of positive published results from over 200 labs worldwide, published papers on the calorimetry mistakes at MIT, a positive light shown down from the mainstream 60 minutes news program, current companies developing prototypes with a strong push to go to market ASAP, that the real vs. non real angle would be chosen to paint the Cold Fusion picture, here in the year 2012.
As a YouTube comment pointed out for The Believers Trailer,
No belief necessary. Its now fact.
Nevertheless that was the chosen approach. Thankfully, with the very cool, calm and casual Edmund Storms frequently standing at the helm of the films pro Cold Fusion base, a convincing story is portrayed. Even a skeptic in the audience couldn’t help but describe Ed as the “fair minded man with the beard”.
The main naysayer was Robert Park, who likely came off to audience members as a legitimate voice in the discussion, though I’m not sure if the contradictions and unanswered accusations were picked up by said audience. Such as Park mentioning something to the effect that “if these guys want to question whether there is Cold Fusion then let ’em, I wouldn’t want to spend my life that way.” Yet he comes off as someone who has spent a good chunk of life engaged in trying to refute Cold Fusion, appearing in public as a naysayer, rather than residing in private to actually read the reports on CF results, something he’s apparently refused to do.
I should mention also, that the film carried a fairly heavy emotional sadness to it, mainly in respect to Martin Fleischmann; the abuse he had taken all those years in the field of his chosen livelihood, to the abuse he was now taking with Parkinsons. And of course the recent passing cements this sadness in further.
Besides Edmund, the film really shines with both James Martinez and the young high school aged Eric Gobal. These were two important figures in the film as James represented the current activism/advocate excitement of the Cold Fusion community, while Eric showed strong hope and added excitement as one who had already begun carrying the torch that Martin Fleischmann had handed off.
These two filled in some of the gap that the film left out from the absence of covering the very exciting current Cold Fusion scene, with various new companies and recent developments of LENR (just to add, a brief text update of Andrea Rossi was included at the very end). Much of which, as the filmmakers mentioned at the end of Q and A, could’ve meant at least an extra half hour tacked onto the film, and they questioned whether anyone would want to sit through more. But I believe viewers would gladly enjoy the exciting developments that Martin strongly helped inspire. And with civilization currently suffering so, any strong potential hope I feel could have been worth it; revealing just how far this has in fact currently come, and the closer than ever potential it now has to actually save the planet.
Nevertheless, as those will be some of the criticisms made, the main take away is a very engaging, very well made film (and now an “award winning” film meaning greater exposure), which included important figures as ground, and a much larger platform for further discussion. The reaction to the film overall seemed positive, though many questions I felt still hung in the air for many audience members.
I handed out ColdFusionNow stickers at the end of the screening, and unloaded several of the brand new ColdFusionNow T-shirts featuring Pons and Fleischmann at the after party screening.
Where will The Believers be showing in the future? Can you get a copy? They are awaiting word on more festivals, as well as seeing what distribution deals arise. By early next year they are looking for the film to be available for purchase. We’ll keep posted.
UPDATE October 20 The Believers wins Hugo Gold award for Best Documentary at Chicago Film Festival. [Movie City News]
The first premiere of “The Believers“, a new cold fusion documentary produced by 137 Films occurred last night at the Chicago Film Festival.
From their F-book page, we have a photo of Directors Clayton Brown and Monica Long Ross on the red carpet.
At the time of this writing, the only review post-screening is by Lisa Nesselson from Screen Daily, who noted Cold Fusion Radio’s James Martinez‘ participation:
“The doc begins with James Martinez, a California DJ who broadcasts on internet-based Cold Fusion Now Radio. While enthusiastic, he has nothing of the bug-eyed loony about him when making pronouncements such as “This is the key to liberating the human race.” ”
The review continued fairly neutral, noting “The filmmakers leave viewers to draw their own conclusions, but there’s much here to pique the interest of any layman.”
Containing quotes by Martin and Sheila Fleischmann, Ms. Nesselson concludes with:
“Either there’s some delicate variable or the chemists were mistaken. A man who was a grad student in Fleischmann and Pons’ department at the time says “I will defend them at every turn. What we did was real.” ”
Read the full review at http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/the-believers/5047850.article?blocktitle=Latest-Reviews&contentID=1479
The next screening of The Believers is this Saturday afternoon October 20. The directors will again be on-hand for a Q&A post screening.
Cold Fusion Now’s Eli Elliott will be in attendance on Saturday with free stickers and t-shirts for promotion, and to gauge the audience’s response.
The videos of the lecture from Daejeon ICCF-17 have arrived. I must lay out the ground rules and provisos. I am not allowed to rebroadcast the lectures. I am not allowed to release the password. These are the wishes of the conveners and I have to respect them. They, the Cold Fusion, experimenters and presenters of the lectures are the heroes of this story, not I. I am but a member of the peanut gallery.
I feel that I am at liberty to give my impression of the lectures, however you must understand that my comprehension is very limited. If that is unsatisfactory you only have yourself to blame. You should have been there.
The first lecture I shall write about is that given by Professor Hagelstein. Here is what I understood of his lecture. Professor Hagelstein is a theoretician. He is tasked with creating models explaining the empirical results of the Experimenters. The gold standard of a model is it’s predictive power.
Model 281 did not work and had to buried out in the back yard. However it was intuitively correct. It predicted a coupling of phonon energy and nuclear energy. Takahashi objected to the model on the grounds that it was not reversible. It would not transmit energy in both directions. Professor Hagelstein thought this might be due to losses.
There are two elements in the coupling process: the nucleus and the phonons. The nuclear energy is too large and the phonon energy is too small. What Professor Hagelstein needed was a nuclear energy 100 times smaller, so he turned to Quarks. And then things began to look a lot brighter. How bright? 1.5keV x-ray bright. You see Karabut had been rabbiting on at a previous ICCF meeting that he was obtaining 1.5keV x-rays from his gas discharge experiments.
And then events began to make Professor Hagelstein fall off his chair in amazement and delight. He fell off his chair three times to be exact. I would love to tell you why he fell off his chair but he began to babble mathematics and so I was lost.
However all was not lost because I managed to get something about a lossy spin Boson chopping his energy up into small enough pieces so that they were digestible by the phonons. I have a picture of a carrier wave of a radio signal that might help you visualize the coupling of the two elements. The short signal wave is the energetic nuclear and the longer carrier signal is the low energy of the phonons.
Professor Hagelstein described the process creating the x-rays was as if a little hammer was striking the surface of the mercury repeatedly.
The energy distribution of the collimated x-rays fit professor Hagelstein’s equations beautifully. The more energetic the hammer blows the broader the x-ray, which makes sense to me.
OK. Let’s pull this thing together.
We now have a channel for energy to flow from the nucleus to the matrix and vice versa. So, mass in the Nucleus can be annihilated and the energy transmitted to the “outside world” beyond the Coulomb barrier, and energy can also flow into the nucleus from phonons coupled to the nucleus. This energy is stored as Mass. And we all know what happens if you increase the mass of a nucleus, don’t we. It transmutes.
I am guessing either to another isotope if the mass is large enough to be a neutron, or into another element. Professor Hagelstein said that a geologist told him that there is more aluminum along fault lines and less iron.
Your homework is to figure out why. And that is as good as it gets for now.
