Dear Rich
Considering your enthusiasm for Prof. Rossi's LNER device, please
excuse me for asking this question - do you have any formal scientific
/ technical training / qualifications which I can list ?
I am asking this only so as to be able to ask my country's Govt about
their knowledge of
Hello Sarbajit, I got a BS in physics and history at MIT in 1964.
I've kept up with all fields of science, at the level of Scientific
American. I've never worked at any science or technology, but have
been active on the Net since 1996 as a reasonable pragmatic critic of
cold fusion research, and
Sorry if this is a repeat question .. I've been skimming mail lately due to
homework!
So the question is: Has anyone reproduced the experiment/device? I realize
Rossi is applying for a patent and is therefore somewhat protective, but U of
Bologna is quite respectable, the oldest university in
I don't know if the device is real or not, but I can't find any way of
attributing good motives to these guys: if they are simply trying to put one
over on the world for fame and fortune, they shame on them (and on us for
falling for it). If they truly have produced cold fusion, then witholding
In my country (India) we use coins (cupro-nickel). A back of the
envelope calculation shows that 100 grms of nickel works out to be
under US$ 5 worth of coins assuming a 70::30 Cu:Ni ratio.
Leave aside the physics, the economics of the Rossi device don't stand
up at current energy prices.
On Fri,
Rossi won't reveal how he prepares the Ni nanoparticles or the several
necessary catalysts or any radiations, until he gets a patent
approved, for which the final stage would require full disclosure --
so independent replications are not possible -- I expect that various
world powers will be
Rossi mini reactor 2.5 mo. at 10 kW gives 18 MWh using up 100 gm Ni
and 2 gm H, Sven Kullander interview 2011.04.06: Rich Murray
2011.04.07
Kullander: The powder has reportedly been used for 2.5 months
continuously with an output of 10 kW (according to Rossi). It
corresponds to a total energy of
