The allegations about Rossi reported by Krivit have been circulating for some time. I described Rossi as "eccentric" and I mentioned the havoc he has reportedly caused. This is what I had in mind.
When evaluating a claim of this nature you should try to ignore the personality and history of person making the claim. A good example is Robert Stroud, the "Birdman of Alcatraz." who was a psychopathic murder. He was a leading expert and his book on caring for birds is still in print. Still, it is difficult to ignore the allegations about Rossi, and perhaps it would be unwise. I have hesitated to endorse his claims because I have heard all of these rumors about his past. Having said that, I am confident that you cannot fake boiling water, and there is no way a power supply can draw 10 kW, so Rossi's credibility is irrelevant. Some of Krivit's other assertions in this article are ridiculous, or asinine. He seems to be taking credit for "introducing" Piantelli to the world. That would be like me taking credit for introducing Arata or Patterson. Everyone in this field knew about Piantelli long before Krivit came alone. I uploaded Piantelli and other Ni-CF papers soon after starting LENR-CANR.org. Every major book and review of the field, including my book, discusses Ni-CF. Most of them discuss Mills. (I did not, because I thought it was too much technical detail for a book about potential future technology.) Krivit wrote: ". . . of a nickel-hydrogen low-energy nuclear reaction device that purportedly produced excess heat." A minor gripe: that should be "reportedly" or "appear to" not "purportedly." Purport implies specious or second-hand information. "Many American LENR researchers were skeptical, I suspect because successful Ni-H LENR technology would make their palladium-deuterium research projects irrelevant. Ni-H also, of course, disproves the hypothesis of 'cold fusion,' which is bad news for some LENR researchers." That is ridiculous. LENR researchers worldwide -- not just Americans -- are skeptical of the Ni results because these results have not been widely replicated, despite tremendous efforts by people such as Srinivsan during his time at SRI. If you are not skeptical of these results you are not a scientist. Furthermore, this does not in any way, shape, or form disprove the hypothesis of cold fusion. Deuterium may not be involved but hydrogen can also fuse. Other reactions may also be occurring but other reactions and transmutations occur with D-Pd cold fusion as well. No one ever claimed that D => He is the only reaction that occurs with palladium. The fact that it is much harder to fuse H and D with plasma fusion has no relevance. According to plasma fusion theory, any kind of fusion at room temperature is impossible. A few extra orders of magnitude of difficulty for hydrogen does not make it significantly more impossible. - Jed
