Re: [Vo]:Is the itty-bitty photo visible?

2011-07-19 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
I did the same, using a water cooker, and got about 90% efficiency assuming textbook heat to vaporize water. I am a little worried though, about: 1) The, to my feeling, rather slow rate of vapor/steam escaping Rossi's hose as seen in Krivits video My water cooker is 1.5kW, Rossi's water cooker is

Re: [Vo]:Time for a new poll?

2011-08-04 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
My take on it: a) Old question, again : Is the eCat steam quality a problem? Definitely not a problem Kullander-Essen report, even if 100% liquid phase still 2x! b) New question : Do you now think the eCat is Real or Fake?Definitely Fake Probably Real

Re: [Vo]:PhysOrg reports on Krivit's latest article...

2011-08-11 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Can somebody explain me how, it is likely a weak interaction involving neutrons, without fusion could possibly gain energy? And where do these neutrons come from? It looks like people are more skeptical on the claim 'cold fusion' than on the claim that 'abra-ca-dabra' can actually do something.

[Vo]:John Maddox, editor Nature magazine around 1989

2011-09-18 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hello group, I have a question, its not so important but it keeps bugging me. In the movie Heavy Watergate Written by Mallove, Rothwell Frank http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6562030534380820378 At min 4:24 John Maddox Editor of Nature magazine says: It [cold fusion] will remain dead

[Vo]:Les Case, what where is he?

2011-09-19 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hi Vortex-l eskimo's, Anyone knows what happened with Les Case's energy catalyzer? It seems to work in a similar way as Rossi's. Why did he not build the 1MW plant he was planning? Is he still working on this? Anyone knows where? (what lab/company?) Thanks, Bastiaan.

Re: [Vo]:John Maddox, editor Nature magazine around 1989

2011-09-19 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Monday, September 19, 2011 2:30:59 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:John Maddox, editor Nature magazine around 1989 Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com wrote: At min 4:24 John Maddox Editor of Nature magazine says: It [cold fusion] will remain

Re: [Vo]:Steam engines

2011-10-21 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
A car running on 10kW electric from a cold fusion device connected to a 5% efficient heat to electric converter (steam or bismut or whatever) would spit out 200kW of waste heat, that is equivalent to 15 strong patio heaters. Are you really sure, Jed, we don't have to worry? On Fri, Oct 21, 2011

Re: [Vo]:Steam engines

2011-10-21 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Why would you do it that way? However you do it, it's hard to beat the 5-10%. The point is that efficiency does matter. On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Bastiaan Bergman bastiaan.berg...@gmail.com wrote: A car running on 10kW electric from a cold

[Vo]:bit.ly/cold-fusion

2011-11-24 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hi group, As a physicist I feel obliged to spread the word on cold fusion and explain what it is to the general public. In that attempt I wrote the linked paper, please have a look and give me your blunt feedback. Also please use the paper however you see fit. http://bit.ly/cold-fusion Thanks,

Re: [Vo]:hydrogen refill

2011-11-25 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
tnx Giancarlo, for pointing this out! I think what this means is that he uses a separate bottle for demonstrations versus his own testing. maybe he has a big bottle that is hard to weight but more practical in daily operation? Maybe the hydrogen is a red Herring all together? the small amounts

Re: [Vo]:bit.ly/cold-fusion

2011-11-26 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
All, Thanks for your input, I updated the paper to incorporate most of your comments. @Aussie Thanks; @Peter I maintain that Rossi forced the current big breakthrough, whether it is just an additive or not. I agree with you that it is fair to mention Piantelli and Focardi as founders and

Re: [Vo]:bit.ly/cold-fusion

2011-11-28 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
@Peter As an aside, please let me know how do you interpret Focardi's declaration that he does not know what Rossi's catayst is. I think the obvious interpretation is that Rossi invented it, and didn't tell Focardi. I think that's the official story anyway and I don't see anthing wrong with that?

Re: [Vo]:Lattice Energy LLC comments on Rossi

2011-11-29 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
I like his theory, it may well be the process happening. Even if it isn't entirely, it provides a good starting point for further research. I also very much like his notion of other systems that may show LENR processes already. Including failing Li-Ion batteries, (natural) isotope fractionation

[Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hi group, I'm excited to announce our newly formed non-profit organization to the advancement of cold fusion. We are planning an open catalyst project geared towards finding the secret catalyst needed to achieve nuclear fusion in the solid state. The plan is to use the power of the crowd to

Re: [Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
the wrong tree. On Dec 19, 2011, at 11:02 PM, Bastiaan Bergman wrote: Hi group, I'm excited to announce our newly formed non-profit organization to the advancement of cold fusion. We are planning an open catalyst project geared towards finding the secret catalyst needed to achieve

Re: [Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Materials and material preparation are the key to cold fusion. The hardest part by far. You cannot use just any Ni material. Exactly! That is why we want to engage the crowd! Because finding exactly the right stuff may be a daunting task. Moreover, even if you think you have found the right

Re: [Vo]:FusionCatalyst.org

2011-12-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Mary, I'm looking into cooling, it won't be finished for the first version though. You can't just stick the reactor in a bath as the top and bottem of the reactor have things (eg electrical wires) sticking out from them. My plan is to use a 'springy' kind of copper tube coil, that sids around the

Re: [Vo]:LENR is not a disruptive technology...

2012-01-16 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Gold cannot be made from lead though fusion, it would require fission. There isn't much point making gold from platinum, I presume. To make Cu out of Ni though the Rossi claimed scheme it would release 3.4 GWh of heat per produced kg of Copper, that's an entirely new form of climate pollution!

Re: [Vo]:Goodbye Greg

2012-01-19 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
I saw some good post from him. Can anyone place some pointers to (possibly) bad stuff? I mean, under tha name and email address of Aussie Guy. On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 10:26 AM, Daniel Rocha danieldi...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I am also new to this list. Been here for about 1 year. AG always

Re: [Vo]:Kullander's detailed isotopic analysis of ash from Rossi's E-Cat?

2012-01-20 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Anyone? I'm interested too... On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 11:18 AM, John Milstone john_sw_orla...@yahoo.com wrote: Hi everyone! Last November, Sven Kullander promised a detailed isotopic analysis of the ash from Rossi's E-Cat by Christmas.  (http://ecatnews.com/?p=1416) It's now well past

Re: [Vo]:Prediction on Antarctica's buried Lake

2012-02-09 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Jones, Haven't been following long enough yet. it is said that RM never actively pursues - or mentions the so-called deuterino (reduced orbital deuterium species) relates to potential weaponization. How can Deuterino's be weaponized? And why Deuterino's specifically? And why would one who

Re: [Vo]:Google insights seem to show waning interest for NET and W-L

2012-02-09 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Cool! The first time they talked about me was 1810. ;-) Not a fan of NET, but this seems to give a different view on it: http://siteanalytics.compete.com/newenergytimes.com/ On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 9:05 AM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: google's Ngram analyzes all digitized

Re: [Vo]:Elemental Ovens

2012-02-17 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
given that thousands of scientists using billions of dollars in hydrogen and metal-hydride research (fuel cells and storage) have not stumbled upon E-Cat like processes for many years, I have to agree with you. unless, of course, the un-scientific evidence of Rossi was wrong to begin with. On Feb

Re: [Vo]:Elemental Ovens

2012-02-18 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
There are reports decades before FP about cold fusion, Filimonenko Ivan Stepanovich for example... On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:34 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Nigel Dyer l...@thedyers.org.uk wrote: Over Christmas I met someone whilst out on a walk, got chatting, and found

Re: [Vo]:Wordpress mockup of LENR-CANR.org

2012-02-22 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Looks good! I especially like the library, what software do you use for that? I would drop the /wordpres/ part of your url and I wouldn't worry to much about themes. The theme of the day changes faster than you can keep up with anyway. Content is king. Cheers, Bastiaan. On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at

Re: [Vo]:NanoSpire Inc.

2012-02-22 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
What experiment? Am I missing something? On Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 8:08 AM, francis froarty...@comcast.net wrote: If this experiment occurred in 2009 and resulted in radiation sickness and transmuted elements at only 840 watts in I have to ask why it is only becoming news now and why the news

Re: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Exactly! We should crowd-source the funding to get this going. Or better, since nobody has money and everbody here has an opinion of how to make it work, we should Crowd Science! That's what we aim for with our crowd science project with the Peer Pressure. Cheers, Bastiaan. On Fri, Feb 24, 2012

[Vo]:John Huizenga

2012-02-24 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Cold Fusion: The Scientific Fiasco of the Century Can some experienced guy tell us some history? Is John Huizenga the one who headed the two DOE reviews (1989 and 1994)? I remember reading that somewhere but can't find it anymore. Has anybody read his book, is it good? I know most of you will

Re: [Vo]:OT: $35 computer sells out on first day of launch

2012-03-02 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Jones, I respect you too, but also disagree, :-) Real fusion cannot occur without substantial gamma radiation What a nonsense is that? If you mean with real, established, then ok. I think there is no principal reason for gamma and neutron radiation in all fusion reactions (there is in plasma

Re: [Vo]:To Spark or Not to Spark

2012-03-12 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
And a copy of the paper can be found here : http://www.fusioncatalyst.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/A-study-of-a-sparkdischarge-in-hydrogen-at-atmospheric-pressure.pdf On Mar 12, 2012 5:11 AM, Andre Blum andre_vor...@blums.nl wrote: www.fusioncatalyst.org Andre On 03/11/2012 09:20 AM,

Re: [Vo]:To Spark or Not to Spark

2012-03-13 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
use the cheapest parts. I think keeping it simple and low cost is one of the keys to successfully replicating Rossi. I wish Bill will consider converting this list into a forum format so that we can share attachments and other files. From: Bastiaan Bergman To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent

Re: [Vo]:Plea for math/statistics expertise from RonPaulForums.com

2012-03-17 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
LEAST significant digit. On Mar 16, 2012 2:48 AM, Xavier Luminous xavier.lumin...@googlemail.com wrote: Off the top of my head I'd like to mention that Benford's Law is particularly good at rooting out cheaters. Basically, the most significant digit from a sets of naturally occurring data

Re: [Vo]:more bad news

2012-04-08 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
You were right, it was hard, very hard. In fact we needed zillions of 1 micron transistors to be able to make smaller ones. On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 12:14 PM, Alain Sepeda alain.sep...@gmail.com wrote: another malthusianst reasoning that will be proved false once again... I was convinced in 85

[Vo]:Progress: Hardware Peer Pressure is ready

2012-05-04 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Hi Group, Just wanted to update you on my plans to replicate cold fusion claims, see http://www.fusioncatalyst.org/2012/04/peer-pressure/ Cheers, Bastiaan.

Re: [Vo]:Steve Krivit's initiative

2011-06-17 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
How easy is it really to get steam from 300 Watts only? The difference between 12kW and 300W must be obvious, even for the naked eye. And no reports on input power? Is it measured at the plug, before whatever electronics he uses? Or at the input in the reactor? If the latest and if that is

[Vo]:Steven Chu

2011-06-19 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
http://the-explorer.com/steven-chu-looks-at-lattice-assisted-nuclear-reactions-cold-fusion/2011/3429583.html/ It *suggests* that Steven Chu was at the MIT meeting. But it clearly *states* that he is looking at Cold Fusion. Anyone has a link supporting the last claim? Thanks! Bastiaan.

[Vo]:San Fransisco Bay Area LENR meetup

2012-07-11 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Anyone interested in a local meetup to discuss LENR science, business, advancements and gossip?

Re: [Vo]: European commission recommends funding for LENR research

2012-07-11 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Anyone an idea who these professionals are who gave the input to the European report? I think its a great step forward, bravo for those individuals and their brave contribution! - Bastiaan. On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 12:09 PM, Alan J Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: At 09:46 AM 7/4/2012, Harry Veeder

Re: [Vo]:Rossi catalyst-fuel speculation

2012-07-17 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Bob, Thanks for sharing. As you know, but other vortexers might not know, I am following roughly the same path. See also fusioncatalyst.org, if you like to join this crowd science approach. In addition to oxidation/reduction/melting cycles I believe carbon may play a role as it is active in

Re: [Vo]:Asymmetric Magnetism and Cold Fusion- Brian Ahern

2012-07-17 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Akira +1 On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 9:20 AM, Akira Shirakawa shirakawa.ak...@gmail.comwrote: On 2012-07-17 17:56, Ron Kita wrote: Not sure IF this was posted before: http://www.e-catworld.com/**2012/07/brian-ahern-to-**announce-nanonickel-

[Vo]:Announcing Fusion-Base

2012-07-27 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
We're proud to announce a new section on our website, the Fusion Base. With Fusion Base we aim to collect information on all companies active in the field of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions. While the rest of us is arguing whether Cold Fusion can exist, may exist or should exist, some people have

[Vo]:Rossi's 3rd party test - Review

2013-05-21 Thread Bastiaan Bergman
Can we discuss the content of this report? Let me start with thanking our Italian and Swedish colleagues for this detailed and comprehensive report, its a great report that deserves detailed analysis and critical review. My perspective on the issue of cold fusion, LENR or unknown energy source is