🚀 go-pugleaf

         People in this group seem to be assuming that if a cold fusion
experiment appears to yield 1+x units of heat energy out for every 1 unit
of electrical energy in, the experiment is a success.  This bothers me
since a heat pump can do this.  I have a couple of questions:
         1.  While I don't really believe that CF experiments are pro-
ducing heat by sucking it out of the environment, how is this possibilty
absolutely excluded?
         2.  Is it not the case, that unless a CF device has a gain
(value of x) better than that of a perfect heat pump, it will be use-
less for generating electricity or powering machinery (or for anything
except generating heat)?  How many of the 'positive' experiments report
such gains?
                          James B. Shearer