Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-28 Thread Jones Beene
Thanks for that comment Thomas, but my credentials are nowhere close to Ed's - and consist of mainly having been around the scene for 19 years with a strong interest (60 hour weeks) in trying to understand what is happening on a much broader front than LENR alone. However, having said that -

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-28 Thread R C Macaulay
Howdy Jones, Energy is the mother's milk of our present day society and economy. Think of a hungry infant and the fuss they raise when it's feeding time and try to imagine a major national energy lurch that would make the 1973 experience look like childs play. I can understand Ed Storm's

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Wesley Bruce
Jed, Another point you should consider including is that because America has failed to follow thorough on its own discovery and fund the research; other country's are also effected. Some countries have been actively discouraged from working in the field by American government employees;

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread OrionWorks
FWIW, one of Joe Biden's science advisers is the ever irascible Dr. Peter Zimmerman. I gather he still advises Biden on occasion on scientific matters, presumably of a nuclear nature...at least Dr. Zimmerman has continued to advertise that fact within the HSG forum. Years ago in a private

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Wesley Bruce wrote: Jed, Another point you should consider including is that because America has failed to follow thorough on its own discovery and fund the research; other country's are also effected. That is true, and important, but I think it is too much detail for this message. I want

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Dr. Mitchell Swartz
At 12:38 AM 10/28/2008 +1100, Wesley Bruce [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jed, Another point you should consider including is that because America has failed to follow thorough on its own discovery and fund the research; other country's are also effected. Some countries have been actively

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
OrionWorks wrote: FWIW, one of Joe Biden's science advisers is the ever irascible Dr. Peter Zimmerman. I gather he still advises Biden on occasion on scientific matters . . . Yikes. That man is impossible to deal with. He and Park are still on the warpath against cold fusion. Maybe Dr.

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread R C Macaulay
Perhaps what the world stock markets are saying is... Neither candidate or party for the US presidency has what it takes to lead. However, we must try and a letter is a step. Richard OrionWorks wrote: FWIW, one of Joe Biden's science advisers is the ever irascible Dr. Peter Zimmerman. I

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Jones Beene
Richard, If you think we (USA) have it bad - what about Asia? apparently (according to Business Week) the Japanese exchange has hit a 26 year low ! On the bright side - I see the cup as half-full: many marvelous things are happening as we speak - and coming together in alternative energy in

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Edmund Storms
The markets world-wide are not reacting to who may be the president in the US and what he might do. They are reacting to real events in the financial world and the anticipation that a world-wide depression is underway. Until the dead wood is out of the market, no one can have much effect.

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread thomas malloy
Edmund Storms wrote: As for a letter, someone will be asked to describe exactly how the requested money will be spent, exactly who will do the work, and when the promised results can be expected. Without a rational and scientifically correct answer, all of the I would suggest making the

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Edmund Storms
OK Thomas, suppose your letter is believed and answered. Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However, somebody has to provide the answer. This is impossible unless the field can agree on what the consensus thinks is the

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Edmund Storms wrote: As for a letter, someone will be asked to describe exactly how the requested money will be spent, exactly who will do the work, and when the promised results can be expected. Mike Melich and others are working on such plans. Of course no one can say when the results can

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Jed Rothwell
Edmund Storms wrote: Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However, somebody has to provide the answer. This is impossible unless the field can agree on what the consensus thinks is the best approach. We do not need a

RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Remi Cornwall
@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion OK Thomas, suppose your letter is believed and answered. Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However, somebody has to provide the answer

RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Mark Iverson
to plan any further out at this time. -Mark -Mark -Original Message- From: Edmund Storms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:57 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion OK Thomas, suppose your letter

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Edmund Storms
: Monday, October 27, 2008 10:57 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: Edmund Storms Subject: Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion OK Thomas, suppose your letter is believed and answered. Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread thomas malloy
Edmund Storms wrote: OK Thomas, suppose your letter is believed and answered. Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However, somebody has to provide the answer. This is impossible unless the field can agree on what the

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-27 Thread Edmund Storms
Good answer. :-) On Oct 27, 2008, at 9:03 PM, thomas malloy wrote: Edmund Storms wrote: OK Thomas, suppose your letter is believed and answered. Exactly how would you propose this money be spent and by whom? You can say, this is not your concern. However, somebody has to provide the

[Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
After the election, I think it would be a good idea for cold fusion researchers to make a concerted effort to approach the incoming administration. We should find out who has been tapped for the secretary of energy and/or who the elected president's energy advisors are, and try to approach

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Robin van Spaandonk
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:21:26 -0400: Hi, [snip] We believe that the federal government should allocate between five and $10 million a year to this research. Many qualified fellow researchers would like to perform cold fusion research, but they have not been

RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 October 2008 20:21 To: vortex-L@eskimo.com Subject: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion After the election, I think it would be a good idea for cold fusion researchers to make a concerted effort to approach the incoming administration. We should find out who has

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread R C Macaulay
Remi, Add to the list... NO MONEY .. and you have a better picture to the new regime. Richard I assume Obama will win. This is probably good news for us. His people are highly in tune with technology and change. A liberal broad church. No Creationists, lobby, war or mad greedy

RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 October 2008 22:03 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion Remi, Add to the list... NO MONEY .. and you have a better picture to the new regime. Richard I assume Obama will win. This is probably good news for us. His

RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Remi Cornwall
: Remi Cornwall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 26 October 2008 22:39 To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion Print gov. bonds, print money. Joe Soap picks the tax bill up in the future. It's tough sh.t, you want free market funny money instead? Just

Re: [Vo]:The new administration and cold fusion

2008-10-26 Thread Jed Rothwell
Okay, people, let's have a serious discussion of this. The election is just around the corner, and we should have the letter ready on day one, as the politicians say. Let's hear some suggestions -- wording, goals, people we should send it to, etc. I want to make it clear that I am not proposing