• This is a link to the original (in Italian) and below there is a translation of this ‘hot off the press’ interview with Francesco Celani.

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    Fusione Fredda, Francesco Celani al GdI: “Chiuderanno il mio laboratorio a Frascati, in Italia ottusità e volontà distruttrice”
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    ChatGPT Translation from Italian.
    Cold Fusion, Francesco Celani to GdI: “They will shut down my lab in Frascati. In Italy, obtuseness and a destructive will”

    The fear of various power players has always been, and still is, that Cold Fusion could lead to the production of limitless, low-cost clean nuclear energy, effectively dismantling many financial empires.

    By Fabrizio De Marinis – September 5, 2024

    Cold Fusion, Francesco Celani to GdI: “They will shut down my lab in Frascati. In Italy, obtuseness and a destructive will”

    Another cynical August coup against Cold Fusion and its applications in energy savings, a field of internationally recognized Italian excellence, is unfolding these days. This is in line with the harsh truth of “no prophet is accepted in his hometown.” Someone, hidden within the National Institute for Nuclear Physics in Frascati, citing a bureaucratic loophole or perhaps due to malicious intent, hopefully without government approval, will close Francesco Celani’s lab. Celani is a world-renowned Italian physicist, awarded multiple times by institutions and more than thirty prestigious universities across dozens of countries. This move will destroy specific nuclear reactors and technologies, dispersing over 35 years of research, now a public asset of the Italian people and state.

    And what a mockery! – this is happening while the physicist and researcher, twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize (2014 and 2015) and one of the world’s leading experts in the field, is presenting on the many potential applications of Cold Fusion. He is doing this on September 5 before the European Parliament’s plenary session in Strasbourg, which will be open to the public for the occasion, and giving a lecture at the annual IWAHLM16 conference, which gathers the top researchers of this revolutionary technology. Cold Fusion could potentially change the course of humanity, and in this field, Italy stands alongside Japan, the United States, and France.

    Cold Fusion has a controversial history in Italy, marked by genius-level revolutionary insights and lethal censorship. Professor Giuliano Preparata, a Nuclear Physics professor at the University of Milan who passed away in 2000, and one of the phenomenon’s foremost scholars, often remarked: “We have been tenaciously and senselessly boycotted by official science, international finance, and all the major power players.” Among these, military interests should not be excluded, as they have been intrigued by the potential military applications of Cold Fusion.

    The fear of various power players, of course, was and remains that Cold Fusion could lead to the production of clean nuclear energy at incredibly low and unlimited costs, thereby destroying many financial empires.

    The first Italian experiments on Cold Fusion began just days after the official announcement by Fleischmann and Pons in 1989, with physicist Francesco Celani and Nicola Cabibbo of the National Institute for Nuclear Physics being key players. Even Giorgio Parisi, who later won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics, was involved. A group of physicists from ENEA in Frascati, led by Francesco Scaramuzzi, and a team under Preparata in Milan also began their research around this time. Nobel laureate Carlo Rubbia, then-president of ENEA, also took an interest in Cold Fusion in 1999, commissioning a successful research study led by Emilio del Giudice, Antonella De Ninno, and Antonio Frattolillo, all in close contact with Preparata.

    For reasons still unexplained, countless obstacles, boycotts, and censorship plagued Cold Fusion research in Italy, leading to multiple journalistic investigations, culminating in the famous “Report 41,” a public outcry about the harassment faced by Italian physicists, orchestrated by journalist Angelo Saso. Journalist Milena Jole Gabanelli was also among the first to raise awareness of the growing scandal over the boycott of Italian Cold Fusion, which attracted interest from Fiat, Pirelli, and Gian Marco Moratti, a supporter of Preparata. Today, history is repeating itself, and it is Francesco Celani who is bearing the brunt of it.

    Dr. Celani, why is Cold Fusion considered a national excellence, and what is Italy’s standing in the world in this field?

    “We were the first to highlight that Cold Fusion phenomena occur only under strong non-equilibrium thermodynamic conditions, which gave a decisive push to research in the field and its applications. This was the starting point for building a reactor that could have applications, even at the household level.”

    What does this mean? Could every family have access to unlimited free energy? How far along is the research?

    “Japan, the country investing the most in Cold Fusion, believes that within three to four years, they will have a prototype of a small, completely harmless reactor for each household. It would produce 5/6 kilowatt-hours, with two being electric and four thermal. Toyota is very advanced in this project, and Mitsubishi, Miura, and the Tanaka Group are also working on it. In 1995, Italian groups such as Fiat, Eni, Enel, and Pirelli were interested in Cold Fusion. However, after Preparata’s death, a clear veil of censorship fell over Cold Fusion.”

    Would this be a major revolution for our country and for humanity?

    “Absolutely, but here in Italy, the obtuseness and destructive will toward research in this field are inexplicable. Due to a bureaucratic technicality, my retirement age, or perhaps due to pernicious and blind intent, we risk falling behind in this sector, as my lab will be closed and dismantled. This would waste more than 35 years of research, including the valuable materials and tools developed over this long period. Anyone can understand the significance and impact of this research, where we excel. This would represent a monumental turning point for humanity. The sabotage is clear, and there is no justification for it other than a desire to burn everything down, like a counter-reformation-style censorship.”

    Why so many obstacles to Italian research in this field? Can you provide some numbers and explain what other countries are investing?

    “Some fear Italian physics research, which since Alessandro Volta has never stopped producing global excellence with revolutionary physicists like Marconi and Fermi, and numerous Nobel Prize winners, including Emilio Segré (1959), Carlo Rubbia (1984), Riccardo Giacconi (2002), and Giorgio Parisi (2021). We are good at what we do; we have a history, and this is why we are being boycotted internationally. There’s also a negative component within Italian politics that often doesn’t respond to the nation’s best interests. The numbers speak for themselves. In terms of research capability, we are among the top three worldwide. And we achieve this with just pennies compared to others. Japan invests 10-15 million euros annually in Cold Fusion research with a team of 15 engineers and 5-6 researchers. The United States has 50-100 engineers working on various research fronts, with hundreds of millions of dollars in investments. Here in Italy, 250,000 euros were allocated recently, spread over four years. And yet they want to close my lab. And to think, we are a globally recognized excellence. This is an attack on our country’s technological future.”

    Who should intervene, and what are the possible solutions to ensure that your accumulated knowledge is not lost?

    “In a sovereign and identity-conscious country, the ministries of Research, Infrastructure, Industry, and even Defense should immediately intervene, given the wide range of applications for Cold Fusion. The Lazio Region is also interested in maintaining the lab, as part of a broader initiative to promote employment through a high-tech development district. An investment of just 500-600,000 euros a year would be enough to activate one to three experimental reactors, alongside what already exists at the Frascati lab. On what grounds should 35 years of research be destroyed? With what authority is a nationally and internationally recognized asset being sent to waste, jeopardizing our future? It’s a barbaric way of humiliating Italian scientific research and culture.”

    These are legitimate questions to be addressed to those in power, who are obligated to provide answers and solutions.

    By Fabrizio de Marinis.

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