Re: There's a reason these things don't work.
>>Cold fusion
Cold fusion "didn't work" because they announced too early, too enthusiastically and without the repeatability you need, the experiments couldn't be repeated within the detection levels that they said was possible, subsequent experiments, years later, using different types of detectors found an unexpected (minute but measurable) decay using the same type of platinum plates, but it was too late and nobody who cares about reputation or funding will go into the field as it's so poisoned now, which is a shame because while the measurable effect is absolutely minuscule it will now not be studied (it's unlikely to ever earn the title of "cold fusion" if it does).