Edmund Storms is a nuclear scientist with over two decades of experimental research in Cold Fusion. He is retired from Los Alamos National Laboratory, and is the founder of Kiva Labs. He is the author of The Science of Low Energy Nuclear Reaction, a comprehensive survey of the field published in 2007. He has also developed the theory of the Nuclear Active Environment as an explanatory mechanism for Low Energy Nuclear Reactions.
Just when it seemed things might be under control at Fukushima, we find they are worse than ever.
Immeasurably worse.
Massive quantities of radioactive liquids are now flowing through the shattered reactor site into the Pacific Ocean. And their make-up is far more lethal than the “mere” tritium that has dominated the headlines to date.
Tepco, the owner/operator–and one of the world’s biggest and most technologically advanced electric utilities–has all but admitted it cannot control the situation. Its shoddy performance has prompted former U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Dale Klein to charge: “You don’t what you are doing.”
The Japanese government is stepping in. But there is no guarantee–or even likelihood–it will do any better.
In fact, there is no certainty as to what’s causing this out-of-control flow of death and destruction.
Some 16 months after three of the six reactors exploded at the Fukushima Daichi site, nobody can offer a definitive explanation of what is happening there or how to deal with it.
A team at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has just announced a new breakthrough in the field of graphene research, leading to the next generation of high-efficiency solar cells, computers and other advanced technologies. Graphene, a new material that was discovered less than 10 years ago, is an ultra-thin, superstrong, superflexible electron conductor. As for how to explain the Berkeley Lab research in lay terms, let’s just say that if graphene had a personality it would have its own reality show, and it would give Total Divas a run for the money.
When I first began to travel professionally, when I started working for National Geographic, we used to be warned about not drinking the local water from the tap. Today I would be more concerned about the tap water in parts of American than I would be in much of the rest of the world. Here's why. My suggestion to all of you is to have your water tested by a! n independent lab. It only costs a few dollars, and it may give you a surprise.
Right now there is another blown-out rig in the Gulf of Mexico, and FOUR major tar sands pipeline leaks in Alberta, Canada. We are experiencing a major continent wide slow motion environmental disaster going on within the carbon energy infrastructure and, as far as I can see, the only person in corporate media who is even talking about it is Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. And today! , the Republicans in the House gutted support for non-carbon energy.
Say Hello to the Rocket Stove Heating System. In a Nutshell:
* Heat your home with 80% to 90% less wood
* Exhaust is nearly pure steam and CO2 (a little smoke at the beginning)
* The heat from one fire can last for days
* You can build one in a day and half
* Folks have built them spending less than $20
The YouTube video below was created/posted by the forward thinking engineer ZeroFossilFuel. In it he explains and demonstrates his most recent build. Not only do the less fortunate not need to freeze to death during hard times, but their energy use can be clean and efficient as well. A timely innovation to say the least.
Scientists Achieve Solar Hydrogen Production Breakthrough
A newly published study reveals how scientists used a solar cell and a photo anode made of a metal oxide to achieve a solar hydrogen production breakthrough.
The experts were able to develop a rather elegant and simple system for using sunlight to split water into hydrogen and oxygen.
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This process, called artificial photosynthesis, allows solar energy to be stored in the form of hydrogen. The hydrogen can then be used as a fuel either directly or in the form of methane, or it can generate electricity in a fuel cell.
One rough estimate shows the potential inherent in this technology: At a solar performance in Germany of roughly 600 Watts per square meter, 100 square meters of this type of system is theoretically capable of storing 3 kilowatt hours of energy in the form of hydrogen in just one single hour of sunshine. This energy could then be available at night or on cloudy days.
James Randi is considered by many to be the Godfather/Icon of “Modern Skepticism”. A former magician, Randi has been exposing fraudsters for years and is famous for offering a million dollar prize to any person who can definitively “prove” psychic abilities. While he and his JREF organization have rightfully brought the hammer down on a plethora of scammers, there remains a convincing body of evidence that Randi and his acolytes dogmatically/stubbornly deny the legitimacy of; most notably in the fields of parapsychology and alternative medicine. And judging from this clip, it would appear that Randi also harbors a strong bias against LENR/Cold Fusion as well.
Admittedly, this video clip is over a year old. However, upon searching I discovered no recent comments/announcements from Randi concerning Cold Fusion. Therefore I feel safe to assume this is still his official position on the subject. With that disclaimer in place, let me begin to demonstrate why almost everything that Randi and his co-host seem to believe about LENR/LANR (aka Cold Fusion) is painfully antiquated and uninformed. As Wolfgang Pauli might say, they are so beyond wrong that they are “Not Even Wrong.”