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From: karl@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Karl Denninger)
Newsgroups: sci.research,sci.space,sci.environment,misc.headlines,sci.misc
Subject: Re: Success with cold fusion reported
Summary: Why restrict access to heavy water -- it's in the sea???!
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Date: 30 Mar 89 22:47:50 GMT
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In article <2182@cpoint.UUCP> alien@cpoint.UUCP (Alien Wells) writes:
>In addition, I expect the government to try to limit the use (if it works)
>to utility use only for two reasons.  First, there will be political pressure
>to protect the structure of utilities, despite the reality that we would
>be better off putting one of these in everyone's home and eliminiating the
>power grid.  

This I agree with whole-heartedly.  But the cat is now out of the bag, as it
were, and they'll NEVER stuff it back in should this technology pan out --
especially if it can be done with other, more common metals!

I wish the government good luck in trying to stop people from utilizing this
technology -- on just what grounds could they possibly manage to pull THAT
one off?

>Second, the US government tries to restrict access to heavy
>water, one of the reasons that heavy water reactors (which cannot melt
>down) are illegal for commercial (even utility) use in the US (they are
>standard issue in Canada).

Why is this so?  What in the dickens is so wonderful or terrifying about
heavy water (outside of this obvious application)?  Heck, it's present in 
SEAWATER -- no, not in high quantities, but it's there.  Nearly anyone who 
has the money and equipment should be able to extract it from the sea; I 
can't understand why they would not want it available..... perhaps I've 
missed something important here.

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