You mentioned the Coulomb barrier makes this impossible. Can you comment on this story about Edward Teller?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10780632" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=10780632</a><p>Seems to me it&#x27;s not proven beyond doubt that it&#x27;s impossible. Furthermore, even if it does prove to be impossible it could turn out to be a &#x27;useful mistake&#x27; if new science needs to be developed to explain the phenomena that were once labelled as &#x27;cold fusion&#x27;, that&#x27;s what interests me more, I don&#x27;t really mind what it&#x27;s called.