Two of the largest corporations in Japan and the world Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Toyota Motor Company are heavily involved in low energy nuclear reaction research (LENR). The New Energy Times reported that Yashurio Iwamura a Japanese physicist told the American Nuclear Society (ANS) that scientists at the Toyota Central Research and Japanese Development Laboratories have been able to change one element to another without the use of high energy physics.
The experiment apparently replicates an LENR experiment performed by scientists at Mitsubishi. The process apparently uses a deuterium permeation transmutation method invented by Iwamura. Iwamura has been working on LENR for 14 according to the New Energy Times. The date and exact location of the experiment were not reported, Iwamura made his presentation to the ANS on November 14 in San Diego.
Unfortunately the New Energy Times piece by Steven B. Krivit does not state a source for these claims or provide any sort of independent validation. That means they must be viewed with a little skepticism.
Both Toyota and Mitsubishi have been involved in LENR research for many years according to published reports. This is certainly good news because it indicates that major companies in Japan take LENR seriously until some companies in the US. This news comes and more revelations about corporate involvement in LENR are coming out.
STMicroelectronics Inc. a major European electronics company is reportedly carrying out work to duplicate Celani’s LENR reactor. Siemens is reportedly working with Andrea Rossi. National Instruments in the United States has been outspoken in its support of LENR.
One reason why this report is good news is that Toyota and Mitsubishi have a vast amount of resources at their command. Mitsubishi is in almost every business you can think of from automobiles to mining. It is also a major ship builder and is even in mining. Toyota is one of the world’s biggest auto manufacturers. These companies have the resources to commercialize a technology like LENR and to resist attacks from the energy industry, environmentalists, the scientific establishment or bureaucrats trying to stop it.
I might also note that there are probably many other LENR experiments going on out there that we haven’t heard about. Many corporations and governments are probably working on this technology quietly in order to avoid skepticism.
My guess is that we’re likely to see several different LENR processes and devices appear in short succession. We’re also likely to hear a lot of interesting rumors about LENR.
One more thought here, both Mitsubishi and Toyota are auto manufacturers. So it’s interesting that they’re working on LENR. Perhaps they think LENR vehicles are possible. It’s also interesting to note that Andrea Rossi claims to be in contact with somebody in the auto industry. So some very interesting things are happening in LENR, 2013 promises to be a very interesting year.
Why did you say that enviromenalists would be against LENR? Surely they would welcome such an amazing invention if it does away with Coal and Oil.
Some environmentalists would be against it because it threatens their world view. Remember people are not always rational. Most environmentalists like most sane people will welcome. Unfortunately there are some environmentalists that hate all technology no matter how beneficial. One reason why some of these people will oppose LENR is that it will make greatly increased production possible. They will oppose that. There are some environmentalists that would only be satisfied if we smashed all the machines and moved back to the caves. Those people are a tiny minority but their influence is not be underestimated. Remember people don’t always act rationally.
I confirm this careful view.
the bad news is that, like lebensraum theory, it will be clothed with scientific dressing. There is currently in occident a Malthusian phase, because of world change, and Asia emergence from poverty… poor people getting rich typically cause a Malthusians phase. No news… but no memory…
True, or Marxism which is also cloaked in pseudoscience. Note Japan is in Asia and it is entering the Malthusian phase. Many Asian countries such as Cambodia and Myramar are not sharing in China’s prosperity. In India only a small middle class is rising so things are more complex and chaotic than we think. I just hope it doesn’t lead to international competition like that which is brought on World War I.