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[Joseph Chikva]

mchargue wrote: In speaking about ‘fusion byproducts’ above, I was alluding to the idea that some other fusion/fission process might be used to produce the pions at a lower input cost.

You can not spend less than rest mass (140MeV)

mchargue wrote: In the same way that you add energy to a system in order to promote fusion, and then reap the (over unity) energy produced, I was wondering if there is a reaction that releases energy in the form of pions. Maybe something that releases the energy of a heavier element in the form of prions…?

Once created muon then you should not spend more energy. As muon will be catched by nucleus creating first “meso-atom” in which muon plays electron’s role, then one “meso-atom” catches one more nucleus creating “meso-molecule” in which two nucleus aproach to each other close enough for acting of strong nuclear forces. That is spontaneous process.
After fusion event muon will create another “meso-atom” and so on till decay. That’s all.