# YACFC (Yet another cold fusion claim) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 27, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799 "2008-05-27T20:01:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/1 "2008-05-27T20:01:24Z")
[Japanese scientists claim to have come up with duplicable cold fusion.](http://www.physorg.com/news131101595.html) This would be extremely cool (heh) if true; but I ain’t holding my breath. Still, the end of oil dependence would be nice. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/2 "2008-05-27T20:11:20Z")
How much palladium and zirconium oxide is there in the world? Wiki says palladium is somewhat rare. So, that means even if this does work, there are still significant hurdles. It’s still super exciting though! ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/3 "2008-05-27T20:13:02Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] How much palladium and zirconium oxide is there in the world? [/QUOTE] Yeah, I wondered that too. Wouldn’t it suck if this actually worked but there wasn’t enough raw material to make it practical? Or the pollution generated as a side-effect (for whatever reason) was worse than coal or oil? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2008, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/4 "2008-05-27T23:40:21Z")
Palladium? Wasn’t that the key ingredient in the Iron Man chest battery widget? ---
**Author:** ![eldowan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@eldowan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eldowan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/5 "2008-05-28T02:03:14Z")
Even if this version of cold fusion works, would it really result in the end of oil dependency? What about all thos millions of machines, autos, and other mechanical wonders that need lubrication? I don’t know how cheap electricity is going to lube all those mechanical devices in the world, but I’d be delighted to be shown ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/6 "2008-05-28T03:25:15Z")
[QUOTE=eldowan] I don’t know how cheap electricity is going to lube all those mechanical devices in the world, but I’d be delighted to be shown [/QUOTE] Feh… no problem. Snail slime. ---
**Author:** ![chaoticbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f07891/32.png) [@chaoticbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chaoticbear)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/7 "2008-05-28T03:48:35Z")
[QUOTE=eldowan] Even if this version of cold fusion works, would it really result in the end of oil dependency? What about all thos millions of machines, autos, and other mechanical wonders that need lubrication? I don’t know how cheap electricity is going to lube all those mechanical devices in the world, but I’d be delighted to be shown [/QUOTE] Easy. You put the oil-producing gene from anchovies into kids from third-world countries. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/8 "2008-05-28T12:17:51Z")
> [@](#): > > Palladium? Wasn’t that the key ingredient in the Iron Man chest battery widget? Yeah. I got the distinct impression that they were implying that his chest battery/Appleby’s flasher was actually a mini-cold-fusion reactor. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/9 "2008-05-28T14:32:43Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] Wiki says palladium is somewhat rare. [/QUOTE] Yes. It’s very hard to find Have Gun, Will Travel on cable anywhere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2008, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yacfc-yet-another-cold-fusion-claim/450799/10 "2008-05-28T14:34:52Z")
[QUOTE=eldowan] Even if this version of cold fusion works, would it really result in the end of oil dependency? What about all thos millions of machines, autos, and other mechanical wonders that need lubrication? I don’t know how cheap electricity is going to lube all those mechanical devices in the world, but I’d be delighted to be shown [/QUOTE] If we were to stop burning oil and just use it for lubrication and plastics, it would last practically forever. Besides, if you have unlimited free electricity, you can synthesise oil starting with raw materials from plants.