| The mightiest| of them all - For information on legitimate
research into relatively or locally "cold" fusion, see the
Wikipedia article on nuclear fusion Cold fusion, also called Low
Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) or Chemically-Assisted Nuclear
Reactions (CANR) by its proponents, is the claim of nuclear
reactions at relatively low temperatures, rather than at
millions of degrees. The most commonly-touted system where cold
fusion is supposed to occur is an electrolytic cell with a
palladium cathode that is electrolyzing deuterium oxide (a.k.a.
heavy water), but most recent claims about energy production
involve nickel and ordinary hydrogen. The term was popularised
with the work of Pons and Fleischmann, which gained tremendous
publicity but was irreproducible. It was then taken up with
enthusiasm by cranks, thinking they could be the ones to bring
cheap energy to the world. The most outrageous claims include
blatant fraud such as the Energy Catalyzer. Cranks also believe
there is a massive conspiracy to sup