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Our Success in Clean Energy Is a Function of Our Values
Frequent commenter Don Harmon writes: How come there are giant hit shows on American TV where all the energy is focused on giving a kid a chance to become the next “American Idol” and there are NO shows on American …
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Cold Fusion — Hoax or Legitimate Science?
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BNLOIQeH68]Here, 2GreenEnergy Report host George Alger interviews me on cold fusion. While I’m as skeptical as the next guy, I see no reason to throw the concept out the window, and dismiss it as impossible.
Wally Rippel: Unclear Why a Great Deal of the Evangelical World Actively Works Against Environmental Friendliness
Wally Rippel: Politics and Economics Have Caused Many Cold Fusion Casualties
Wally Rippel pointed out to me that there have been numerous casualties from the political and economic fall-out surrounding cold fusion. As an example, Dr. Peter Hagelstein at MIT, best known for his X-ray laser, is also a strong proponent …
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Wally Rippel: The Human Side of the Cold Fusion Equation Is Even More Interesting than the Science
Wally Rippel pointed out to me that the human side of the equation is even more interesting than the science. There has been a calculated effort to discredit the idea of cold fusion. For obvious reasons, cold fusion threatens existing …
Wally Rippel: Fusion Doesn't Have to Be Hot and Fast
Wally Rippel believes that it was simply an intellectual error to assume that fusion could only happen in the way it was does in the explosion of a hydrogen bomb, i.e., 100+ million degrees Kelvin and extremely short time periods …
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Wally Rippel – "Cold Fusion is Legitimate Science"
Is cold fusion legitimate science, or a hoax? Wally Rippel believes the former. When we electrolyze heavy water, i.e., water made of deuterium and oxygen, in the presence of a palladium electrode, we wind up with more energy that we …
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About Wally Rippel, Contributor to "Renewable Energy Facts and Fantasies"
The chapter of the book Renewable Energy — Facts and Fantasies entitled “Cold Fusion” is a transcript of the interview with Wally Rippel on this subject. Quote: “Imagine a liquid fuel which stores ten million times as much energy …
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Wally Rippel on the 2GreenEnergy Report
The other day, esteemed physicist and electric vehicle engineer Wally Rippel dropped by the television studio and talked to me about a range of cool issues. The type of guy Wally is becomes clear when you understand an experiment he …
