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Well, I can't resist this, so this naif (me) steps up to:

In article <19199@mindlink.bc.ca> Bruce_Dunn@mindlink.bc.ca (Bruce Dunn) writes:
	To speculate, the level of nitrogen in the headspace (and thus in the
   electrolyte) may affect anomalous heat production if it is proceeding via
   sonofusion.

Sonofusion is a fascinating idea (as is the Mills-Farrell suborbital).

But if nitrogen correlates to excess heat, and oxygen is present, are
we simply finding a way to catalyze nitrogen burning?  Nitrogen is
plentiful, but oxides of nitrogen aren't so wonderful to the planet.
But trading some NOx or NxO production for fossil fuel burning might
be a win.

This could be tested in a closed cell by flushing with nitrogen...

(Of course I don't even know for sure that oxidizing nitrogen is
exothermic).
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