Cold Fusion -- It's BaaaAAAaaack...

[pchang]

Actually

Based upon KHs explanation....

Some insignificant % D-D collisions will have enough energy to overcome a 40Kev barrier.
Adding any energy to the system will increase this %.
Once a reaction occurs and releases its energy to the surrounding solution, this will increase the energy of the system.

This could explain why it only happens 70% of the time and why it can take weeks to start.

I wonder if there is such a thing as a nuclear catalyst?

[chequita guevara]

Yeah, it is , but a hole in the Atlas will let atlantic moisture get into sahara wich will seriously alter the climate

The Sahara was green only a few thousand years ago. The Atlas mountains have been around a bit longer than that. It's the weather patterns, not a rain shadow, that causes North Africa to be dry.

[The Mad Monk]

One of the reasons given for a permanent Lunar presence is the availability of He3 for extraction, so how do these other fusion fusion processes figure into things?

[Kuciwalker]

Yes, for the reaction itself... However, it is notoriously difficult to stabilize the plasma ring.

I'm not aware of any ring in the design

[BlackCat]

The Sahara was green only a few thousand years ago. The Atlas mountains have been around a bit longer than that. It's the weather patterns, not a rain shadow, that causes North Africa to be dry.

Can't remember I said anything about why sahara became dry - just that if you want to blow something up with some nukes, then it would be better to drill a hole in the Atlas Mountains and thereby alter the weather patterns.

[KrazyHorse]

Will provide more detailed calculation in a bit to explain to pchang why his answer doesn't make any sense numerically.