Originally Posted by BadNick

I agree that all the magical mystery energy demonstations I've seen are pretty much b.s. or misunderstood or misrepresented.

But instead of thinking about breaking up hydrogen and oxygen (sort of a fission process) so you can use the part/s for fuel, how about using some extra hydrogens (like in heavy water...H3O) and fusing them to release tremendous power....i.e., hydrogen fusion.

I don't believe cold fusion has ever been successfully achieved or that it's even been shown to be possible, but if we fantasize that it's somehow possible without humungous magnets and lasers, a nice little compact hydrogen fusion motor would be a nice gadget to power things.