LA Weekly

Some wacky energy ideas (black light energy and fusion) courtesy of my compatriots in the Alternative Energy Zone at Burning Man. I don't know quite what to think of them, except to imagine what the world would be like if their inventors' dreams really came true. What would free energy do to our economy and our landscape? Would it all necessarily be better?

On a similar note, the Salt Lake City Weekly ran an intriguing article, equal parts lurid and geeky, on cold fusion a few weeks ago:

Forced underground, cold fusion has since become a cult, complete with its own cheerleaders, magazines, hats and coffee mugs, along with a regular academic conference to which few but the cold fusionists themselves pay any attention. Some cold-fusion researchers have become conspiracy buffs, sure that Dick Cheney and big oil are thwarting their efforts. One current story alleges that fossil-fuel forces killed off cold fusion’s greatest champion, Infinite Energy magazine editor Eugene Mallove, who was murdered last year during an apparent robbery

That's just one of many good parts.

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