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Why are we not using cold fusion in all our vehicles and aircraft and ships .?
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∙ 13y ago
It would help if cold fusion has been discovered, which it hasn't.
Fleischmann and Pons (see link below) failed to prove their method was anything more than a fake.
It is likely that if/when it is discovered, the early limits in the technology would limit it to large-scale installations like power plants and the largest naval ships. Expect it to take decades before the economics of scale would allow shrinking of the technology to truck and car sizes.
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