tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post7341877588116839524..comments2023-07-19T05:26:41.766-07:00Comments on RYviewpoint: Widom-Larsen ReduxRYviewpointhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06689453255540643963noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post-46151962230095161292011-03-31T21:53:46.063-07:002011-03-31T21:53:46.063-07:00HRG:
You are not appreciating how difficult it is...HRG:<br /><br />You are not appreciating how difficult it is to initiate and sustain a Widom-Larsen process.<br /><br />I'm not competent to give the physical details but I will point you at two things.<br /><br />(1) Note <a href="http://newenergytimes.com/v2/reports/LENR-FAQ.shtml#technology" rel="nofollow">this page on the New Energy Times web site</a>.<br /><br />(2) As for a more detailed explanation of the complexity of starting and sustaining a Widom-Larsen process, I suggest you look at the <a href="http://www.newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/WL/WLTheory.shtml" rel="nofollow">New Energy Times Widom-Larsen Theory Portal</a>.<br /><br />This reaction is subtle and difficult, so to expect it to be free running in nature and to change the protium-to-deuterium ratio is to assume it is easier to initiate and sustain than the facts in the lab would indicate.RYviewpointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06689453255540643963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post-64830894879936569612011-03-30T20:57:19.834-07:002011-03-30T20:57:19.834-07:00It seems to me that we must expect Widom Larsen Th...It seems to me that we must expect Widom Larsen Theory to have implications for the evolution of the terrestrial deuterium-protium ratio over time, if the theory is correct. Ordinary hydrogen absorbs neutrons. If the theory is correct, would we not expect to see evidence of rising deuterium to protium ratios over geologic time? Would we not expect to see anomalously high deuterium to protium ratios in water which has been in contact with metallic elements in ore deposits of certain metals? Does anyone know of such geochemical evidence, which might serve to confirm the theory? <br />HRG, March-30-2011.HRGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6867343265106830137.post-45423733486795477282010-04-30T05:54:40.408-07:002010-04-30T05:54:40.408-07:00Your remarks about the substance of my interview w...Your remarks about the substance of my interview with Sandy Andrew were very perceptive and insightful. Given the many-faceted interests evidenced in your collection of thoughtful blog postings, you may enjoy perusing an excerpt from a nontechnical Lattice white paper that I recently uploaded to SlideShare, “Commercializing low energy nuclear reactions (LENRs): cutting energy’s Gordian knot - a Grand Challenge for science and energy.” http://www.slideshare.net/lewisglarsen/cfakepathlattice-energy-llc-white-paper-excerptapril-12-2010 This ‘plain English’ excerpt from a rather long document provides Lattice’s strategic ‘view from 50,000 feet’ of the overall macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape of the present energy dilemma, how LENRs might fit into a societal portfolio of carbon-free ‘green’ energy technologies (assuming that LENRs can be commercialized), and what all this might mean over the long-run. In our opinion, “The Gordian knot facing humanity is not that our world will ever run-out of energy per se in the foreseeable future. Between global coal reserves and electromagnetic energy in the form of photons streaming from the sun there is more than enough energy to be had for whatever purpose. Energy availability, in the broadest possible sense, is not the Gordian knot …[it] is that worldwide consumers of energy need to have technologically usable, reasonably priced energy delivered to the right place at exactly the right time in forms that are environmentally benign and readily compatible with sustainable, long-term global economic growth.”Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12600685424711513282noreply@blogger.com