From Jed:
This link is in another thread here, Blacklight:
http://www.e-catworld.com/2014/01/report-from-the-blacklight-power-demonstra
tion/
I thought I would point this out for people not following that thread
closely.
The description of the demonstration is vague. It lacks technical details.
I hope they publish a video, as they say they intend to do.
Comments that piqued my interest from the e-catworld article:
I did not know most of the attendees, but there were representatives
from chemical and engineering firms present as well as OEMs and major
investment banks. ... I think the presentation was geared more towards
developing interest among potential licensees and partners rather than
media. Media will come in time.
That's what I would have expected. The demo was certainly not geared for any
kind of general public consumption. What would be the point. Based on how
the continuing CF/LENR saga has been publicly treated over the past two
decades why would Randy even care about courting the general public at this
stage of the game. Most in the peanut gallery are in no position to lend any
kind of serious funding. BLP is in the precarious position where if they are
going to take the next big step they need to secure far more commitment,
both in the financial and in the RD field, than what they have been able to
collect over the past two decades. It's pretty obvious (at least to me) that
the primary purpose of Randy's demo was to sell the integrity of the
mysterious BLP reaction, singular and primitive it may be, to a carefully
selected group of investors and entrepreneurs with deep pockets. These would
be investors willing to take risks and buck the status quo in the hope of
reaping vast financial rewards.
I tend to believe people who actually view the experiments and study the
results
rather than simply post negative comments on the Internet. The validator
[Rowan University] unequivocally confirmed the reported results from the
newly
developed SF-CIHT cell and stated it was a game changer.
If I am to believe that Rowan University knows how to make accurate
measurements, and that is the assumption I will go with for now, then the
demo was a strategically sound move. Time to find serious investors who want
to build a contraption - and make an obscene pile of money.
I thought one interesting moment was when the validator was asked whether
he
believed in hydrinos. His answer was something to the effect that this
wasn't
a matter of belief, but about experimental results and that he was
confident
in the results.
If you can turn the contraption on and off at will, without blowing people
up in the process, that's all that matters. A nice pat theory that everyone
can agree on comes later. I hope the time has finally ripened for BLP to get
the assistance they need to construct a self-running prototype that can be
turned on, and off without killing anyone in the process.
I gather the BLP reaction, as demoed, appears to be quite explosive. History
may be repeating itself. The explosive reaction reminds me of what it must
have been like trying to design the first ICE. Sure, everybody knows that
gasoline explodes... but design a contraption that runs continuously by
creating multiple explosions through the containment of a dangerously
volatile chemical reaction that must be expelled then quickly replenished
with the purpose of turning a crankshaft to make useful work. Harrumph!
Never been done, and never will be done! It's an engineering impossibility!
You're a fool to even try!
And so. with that said, I shall keep my optimism carefully reigned in
because this is not the first time Randy has made promises of this kind. I
remain a spectator of the peanut gallery. The floor is littered with
discarded husks.
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
svjart.OrionWorks.com
www.zazzle.com/orionworks
tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/newvortex/
