At times I thought so. Actually it seems like child's play with MIT, Pirelli-high-school and such.
To assemble some experiment on high-school level seems to be standard procedure nowadays, still largely ignored by the mainstream of scientists. To their own detriment and ultimate blame. Another thing is large-scale application with considerable power and high COP, which seems equally embarrassing, and rightfully is termed the 'holy grail'. There is none, and in the forseeable future there will not be one. Rossi/DGT are trapped in (self-)deception. People dreaming of transmutations and such just do not do the numbers. Their dreams are just as outrageously besides the point as that of the complete deniers. We are talking about grams, not tons, which is a mere factor of 1e6, which seems to escape the average housewive, which should know better, because she has to put the garbage out, not her internet-afflicted spouse, who reflects on the big solutions in a mental/physical vacuum of vain speculation, unaware of any numbers, which partake in constituting reality, which will be hard hitting to the surprise of some. (Sounds complicated? Yes, because it is.) The way to go is tedious investigation of the goings-on, which is painful, longlasting and hard. Optimists and pessimists be warned. This is neither an easy way, nor a futile one. Maybe the way is shorter than in hot-fusion, but easy it will be not. Guenter
