From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   amdx wrote:   
   >>>    In the context Rossi was using, ending up with copper   
   >>> is a side effect of ( And I'm really stretching here) removing   
   >>> the proton from hydrogen. In order to produce heat the proton is   
   >>> removed from hydrogen and the nickel is used to facilitate this.   
   >>>   The copper is just a side effect (byproduct).   
   >>>   Rossi could throw that proton elsewhere if he could get   
   >>> it from the hydrogen.   
   >>> Again, I'm just pokin at the edges, may not have a clue.   
   >>> Could be wildly inaccurate, just my speculation.   
   >>>   Hoping it is a real process that changes the world.   
   >>>                               Mikek   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Transmutation = a reaction in which particles from one decay are   
   >> used to transform another atomic nucleus   
   >>   
   >> A reaction, not a side effect.   
   >>   
   >> Cheers   
   >>   
   >   It is semantics.   
   > In the "context" of what Rossi said, copper is just a side effect.   
   > I originally thought that the transmutation produced the heat.   
   > Now it seems (to me) that the heat is produced when the proton is   
   > removed from the hydrogen. The side effect is copper.   
   > Again semantics.   
      
   Actually, Rossi is really trying to corner the copper supply. When he   
   re-processes the spend fuel cartridges, they extract the copper and sell it for   
   big bucks. The heat produced is just a side effect.   
      
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