Frank Znidarsic <[email protected]> wrote: Jed how can Parkhomov claim successes by following Rossi when Rossi had > none?
I suppose Parkhomov is mistaken, or misinformed about Rossi's work. There are several other possibilities -- Takahashi and others have tested finely divided nickel and reported it produces excess heat. Perhaps they are right, and Rossi is wrong. In other words, Parkhomov may have successfully replicated Takahashi, only he does not realize this. It is possible that Rossi's earlier tests actually worked. It is difficult to judge, but I cannot rule that out. Again, if Takahashi succeeded, it is not out of the question that Rossi did as well. I am sure that Rossi's 1-year test was a failure and a fraud, but his earlier work may have been okay. Piantelli has claimed that bulk nickel produces heat. He has not been replicated as far as I know, but if he is right, it would not be surprising if finely divided nickel works too. It might work better than bulk material. There is pretty good evidence that some of the Thermacore nickel experiments worked. Again, Pakhomov may be replicating Thermacore without realizing it. I do not think anyone knows enough about Rossi or Parkhomov to judge how closely their experiments resemble one another. I think we cannot rule out the possibility that Parkhomov's results are invalid, and he has no heat. His previous work was pretty lousy. - Jed
