Jones.
As someone who still thinks there is a future for Ni/LAH/Li and that it
has in fact been replicated, I am not so keen on Mills' solution. It
looks to me that there are serious engineering problems with the
combination of very high temperature, electrode wear and moving parts.
Even if it can be made to work well enough for commercial use it is far
from an ideal solution.
What "academia" thinks does not impress me. They failed to duplicate
Pons & Fleischmann because they didn't know what they were doing, that
DOE & Co are going to spend another $25 billion on ITER, that will not
be an economical solution even if it works and apparently have a
consensus that the IPCC models for global warming are right, shows they
are incapable of looking at a problem logically without bias.
AA
On 9/3/2016 10:55 AM, Jones Beene wrote:
Recommended eBook about Mills
_https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01LDVWJ0I/_
_https://www.chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/randell-mills-and-the-search/9990052142999-item.html_
_http://www.brettholverstott.com/author/_
I bought the Kindle versionbuthave not finished it yet,andam
pleasantly surprised (butat the same timemildly disappointed).Initial
impression: the authorBrett Holverstottis an architect anda decent
writerwith a good grasp of the science. Themaindownside is that
heappears to be astrongproponentof Mills,who cannotbring himself toask
thehard questionsor interview the critics(or consider the possibility
of scam). Butthe preliminary verdict is thatthisis an enjoyable read,
almost a “must read” for vorticians,despite the lack ofbalance.This
dovetails nicely into Rossigate, in more ways than one.
Therefore,I wouldespeciallyrecommend this to all the die-hard Rossi
apostles who will be looking for a new messiah soon. Although Mills
could turn out to be only a more sophisticated version of Andrea
Rossi–he has had more practiceat it,enjoysa much higher skill setand
hasfoundcompetentassociates -sothere isa decentchance thatMillscould
finally pull this off (“this” being the holy grail of alternative energy).
Amore alarming rumor, possibly coincidental -is that Mills is
preparing some kind of gigantic investment offer(billion buckaroos)
butwithout having scientifically valid proof that his new
deviceevenworks,or is ready for prime time.
Given that most physicistsin academiaabsolutely reject the notion that
Mills has demonstrated anykind ofvalid anomalyso far, it would be
almostimmoral(given the history of failures)-not to allow independent
testing ahead of a massive new round of investment. Mills’track record
over the years is shoddyat best,and this ebook is negligent in not
covering the failures and false promisesin greater detail.Like all
those gigawattsfrom licenseesin New Mexico etc, etc.
The author states hereceivedno compensation from Mills,but still
thislack of balancein the coverageraises a few eyebrows.
