#1 But don't hold your breath -
But Ross Chow of the Alberta Research Council in Edmonton, Canada, says that the researchers had to apply large amounts of electrical energy for fairly small decreases in viscosity. He also says it is not clear whether Tao and Xu's theoretical explanation of what is happening is correct.
On the other hand, Chow says the effect seems to be real, and agrees that further research might lead to an economic way of using magnetic and electric fields in pipelines
The old "More study is needed" ploy! |