I wrote:
> Even with a megawatt, assuming there is power input some questions need to > be addressed and a professional report has to be written, or the results > will not convince people. Done properly, it will convince everyone. > And let me add that I think any professional engineer could take the 12 kW gadget and use it in a demo that convinces everyone. Heck, I could do that! Get a proper video camera crew and proper lighting. Write a script. Show the audience the components and tubes and instruments. Anticipate and answer all reasonable skeptical objections, which is easy to do, given the simplicity of the system. Point out what's what, how it works, then let 'er rip and let it run all afternoon. Piece of cake. Anyone who has conducted a trade show demo or taught elementary school kids could do a better job than Levi et al. did. No need to go overboard on the production values. You don't have to be Hollywood. On the contrary it enhances credibility when you look geeky or professorial. That is the most ironic aspect of this crazy situation. Rossi does not need a 1 MW reactor to convince people. If he does another poorly planned, poorly conducted demo with the 1 MW unit, he will not convince people. He imagines that scaling up will give him credibility. Maybe it will, depending on the nature of the demo, but not necessarily. - Jed
