I know nothing about nuclear physics, but I sent this to a friend of mine who is much more knowledgeable than I. Here's what he sent back. tl;dr, this is bullshit.
>So… There's a ton of problems.
>Lets start with the first.
>"Hyrdrogen nuclei are drawn more closely to each other … Hydrogen nuclei … 196 time closer to electron orbit."
>That's called cooling.
>It's true, but completely irrelevant.
>Ah, but the basis here.
>The idea that Gluons are responsible for the release of energy when fission or fusion is achieved.
>This is false, Gluons are a particle that are part of neutrons and protons.
>If they were "released" then fusion, fission, and matter would be impossible.
>Gluons bind together quarks to make protons and neutrons.
>So if they're released in a fission reaction, it would produce no radiation, and would actually be converting matter to energy directly.
>But it's definitely neither of those things.
>if we ignore all the ways this guy doesn't do his research, (and obviously hasn't actually thought this through) he's right. companies don't want us to have this technology, because they want to continue existing. physically. as matter.
>when you "create free gluons to encourage fusion of nearby nuclei" you destroy matter.
>or rather you make it not matter.
>the thing about both fission and fusion reactions is they encourage surrounding material to do the same. that's why they're so efficient.
>because you just get the initial reaction and it continues itself.
>this is actually a concept in basically any reaction.
>fire, mercury amalgamation, soap.
>so. suppose you manage to use this method to covert matter directly into energy.
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