2011/5/10 OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <svj.orionwo...@gmail.com>
> > > We will all know soon enuf whether Rossi's controversial e-cats > deliver the bacon, or not. > > Actually, I don't think we (meaning you) will know. Judging from past practice, Rossi's device is unlikely to come to a definitive end. There will be technical difficulties, unforeseen delays, a moderation of the claims and expectations. October will come and go without a MW plant, but there will be new promises. It will be real soon now. Always, as with Mills and Dardik, there will new excuses to cover their asses, but never a complete exposing of fraud, or revelation of mistakes, and never a commercial product that can really be tested by independent investigators. Eventually, in a few years Rossi will simply fade away like Patterson from the 90s, and the CF community will make excuses like his stock of lucky catalyst ran out and he found he was unable to make more, and you will refuse to admit you were wrong. This story has played out several times already in cold fusion. And it won't be the last time. It seems to be too easy to pick the pockets of true believers.
