Talk:Cold Fusion Manipulation/@comment-24729606-20180129220824/@comment-24053170-20180129222819

its actually quite simple really.

Normally fusion requires extreme temperatures in order to work, as the atoms require it to overcome the Coulomb barrier that normally prevents them from interacting, As they need to get close enough to each other to undergo fusion reactions. The intense heat and pressure caused by Nuclear Fusion forces them together and allows them to generate energy.

Cold Fusion on the other hand is a theory that states that fusion should be possible at or close to room temperatures. Normally this should be impossible because there isn't enough power to overcome the coulomb barrier to allow for fusion, but scientists believe that with the proper catalyst it should be possible.

If it was possible, it would be the biggest breakthrough ever as energy problems would be a thing of the past as you wouldn't need big bulky machines or reactors to generate energy for you anymore.

Does that explain it?