Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:11 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: No problem, I will meet you here in a couple of years and we can compare notes. Good, but I was hoping you'd be able to tell us now if you might get a little skeptical if the hot cat has a similar fate that the steam

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:13 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I am attempting to keep you form getting banned since I want to use you to clear up a number of issues. It is hoped that you will go back to the other skeptics and then set them straight. Garbage. You don't need

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:25 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Maybe we are making headway in this discussion. Can I assume that you are now saying that the hot cat can actually produce heat by some unknown process? So far it is not clear that you accept this premise. For

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:08 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, once you understand how the ECAT uses heat for control you will realize that the heat can not be applied continuously. Well, you're gonna have to explain it if you expect me to understand it. And then you're

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** Yes it was a poor analogy, but so what? Cude’s analysis is wrong no matter how much he obfuscates and by jumping on a poor analogy – he does not gain credibility. ** Which analogy is that? I was suggesting

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: But I think you misunderstood. I was not referring to new science theories there. I was saying that it's common sense that if Rossi's claims

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:58 AM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: No, you don't. Plenty of ICEs (outboards, motorcycles) run without batteries. Car engines would run without batteries too, unless they use some

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes heat, it should self-sustain on that. Like combustion. I passed

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: There is a third possibility as well. The reaction is localized, and it depends upon an elevated temperature to kick off. But the local region is destroyed by the reaction, so you have apply heat once more to initiate

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 3:22 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Eric, The resistive heating requirement is to be able to reverse the temperature excursion at the proper time by removing the extra input. Constant heat input will result in the destruction of the device when useful

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4:10 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Eric, Model 1 appears to be more in line with what I suspect is happening except for the explanation of the lack of external heat for control issue. You need to consider that the peak heat power being generated

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:36 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: This is a good start Josh. I think I can explain that to you since you seem to be a pretty sharp guy. Thank you Mr Roberson for that kind compliment. Unfortunately it also takes an explanation that is realistic and

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
this puppy operates and I would like to be there when that happens! Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 11:38 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread David Roberson
Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:53 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:36 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: This is a good start Josh. I think I

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-04 Thread Harry Veeder
On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 7:52 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 12:27 AM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.comwrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: But I think you misunderstood. I was not referring to new science

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes heat, it should self-sustain on that. Like combustion. I passed over this point too quickly. One question is why in Rossi's device the heat

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Walker
I wrote: - The general area of the reaction is somewhat localized, and the normal thermal gradient that would lead heat to dissipate from that location must be countered from outside of it by the resistance heaters, so that sufficient heat is retained in that area. There is a

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread David Roberson
Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 2:39 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:54 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The resistive heating requirement is to be able to reverse the temperature excursion at the proper time by removing the extra input. Constant heat input will result in the destruction of the device when useful output

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread David Roberson
...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 4:39 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 1:22 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: The resistive heating requirement is to be able to reverse the temperature

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Edmund Storms
the high temperature lingers. Does this help to explain the operation according to my model? Dave -Original Message- From: Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 4:39 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:10 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Does this help to explain the operation according to my model? Yes. But I think your SPICE model is working at a higher level than what I was describing. Your model is looking at the thermodynamics of the system as a

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread David Roberson
Sent: Sun, Jun 2, 2013 5:20 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question Dave, I agree. You have described the process very well. The only thing missing from your model is the thermal contact between the source, (Ni) and the sink (the mass of the E-cat). The better

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread David Roberson
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:10 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Does this help to explain the operation according to my model? Yes. But I think your SPICE model is working at a higher level than what I

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Eric Walker
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:59 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: I am afraid there is not much more that we can do beyond constructing a model without much more extensive data from Rossi. Perhaps. But I think we can say that given what we know about the need for the control system

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-02 Thread Harry Veeder
On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Giving Rossi the benefit of the doubt, the fact that an external stimulus is required in the form of resistance heating (also heat, as has been pointed out), this seems to indicate that one of two phenomena, or both,

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: He said you need a battery for an internal combustion engine, and so that means it's not self-sustaining. That was what I responded to. My

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: the analogy only goes so far, in that it is harder in Rossi's case to recapture the heat and channel it back into the secondary source. But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread David Roberson
input to the ECAT results in thermal run away. Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Sat, Jun 1, 2013 6:54 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 7:31 PM, Eric

RE: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread Jones Beene
From: Joshua Cude Eric Walker wrote: the analogy only goes so far, in that it is harder in Rossi's case to recapture the heat and channel it back into the secondary source. But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes heat, it should self-sustain on

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 3:51 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: No, you don't. Plenty of ICEs (outboards, motorcycles) run without batteries. Car engines would run without batteries too, unless they use some kind of electronic fault detection that shuts it down without a battery. But

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-06-01 Thread Eric Walker
On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 6:57 AM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: But the ecat just uses electricity to make heat. So if the ecat already makes heat, it should self-sustain on that. Like combustion. ** ** An ICE is self-sustaining. The ecat needs external power. They're

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: I'm not talking about initiating. I'm talking about sustaining. I have no problem using electricity to initiate the ecat. But if it's a source

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: A match is needed to ignite a firecracker, but once ignited, the explosion sustains itself. A match is needed to start a campfire, but not to sustain it. Cold

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: There seems to be a serious hangup over why a heat generating device needs some form of heating input to sustain itself. The skeptics can not seem to get their arms around this issue so I will make another short attempt

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: If we are going to do analogies, a more useful one would be to compare the Rossi reactor to an internal combustion engine ICE. With an ICE you have to apply the spark periodically to small portions of the fuel to

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.com wrote: As dave explains it makes sense if the energy input provides cooling power. Exactly. The whole thing is nuts. If it really needed to be regulated, it would make sense to regulate with temperature controlled cooling.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:48 PM, Edmund Storms stor...@ix.netcom.comwrote: I agree Dave, I have been providing this explanation for several years without any effect. I'm glad you are adding your voice. The critical point at which the temperature must be reduced depends on the degree of thermal

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:52 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, what is common sense now becomes ancient history when the newest theories come out. Yes, I know that happens sometimes. And sometimes things that are common sense remain common sense. But I think you

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:22 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Bill Beaty has an excellent quote on this subject, here: http://amasci.com/weird/vmore.html Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered impossible. Every discovery was a nervous shock to

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:47 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: If someone is looking for an analogy they could look at the behavior of a power transistor mounted on a heat sink. For this exercise assume that the collector is directly connected to a power source. Apply enough base

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:29 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: . But my sense tells me that a significant number of scientists are starting to take genuine interest and that they will stay tuned for further details. Read the cold fusion forums for the last 24 years. This has

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need a battery to keep spark plugs going. Demanding a self-sustaining device is like demanding a diesel engine. ICEs were first developed in the 1860s, and the diesel engine

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 10:54 PM, Axil Axil janap...@gmail.com wrote: I think this is more about who is the gatekeeper to the ideology and business of science rather than any exercise in ethics. The gatekeeper class resents this clique of stiff necked maverick scientists who have the

RE: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread MarkI-ZeroPoint
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need a battery to keep spark plugs going. Demanding a self-sustaining device is like demanding a diesel

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Axil Axil
And then there is a class of non-paid sycophant apologists that make it their business to curry favor with the gatekeepers. They divine what the hierarchy wants and proceed to do their best to impress the powers that be. They want to be like them; like a kid who wants to be “Babe Ruth so they

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:32 AM, MarkI-ZeroPoint zeropo...@charter.netwrote: Josh: ** ** Eric’s comment about not needing a battery to keep spark plugs going was referring to a DIESEL engine, and diesels don’t have spark plugs. He said you need a battery for an internal combustion

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Kevin O'Malley
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:07 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: Seriously? Do you really not know how an internal combustion engine works? Man, this place is crawling with ignoramuses. ***Sneering. Against the rules.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Dingemans
Hi, On 31-5-2013 4:45, Eric Walker wrote: Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need a battery to keep spark plugs going. Call me a nitpicker, but I think it should probably read: Yes, and only in a diesel engine do you not need ANYTHING to keep spark plugs going. Of course, because

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Rob Dingemans
Hi, On 30-5-2013 22:48, Edmund Storms wrote: I agree Dave, I have been providing this explanation for several years without any effect. I'm glad you are adding your voice. The critical point at which the temperature must be reduced depends on the degree of thermal contact between the source

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
-Cat investigation put into question On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:23 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: There seems to be a serious hangup over why a heat generating device needs some form of heating input to sustain itself. The skeptics can not seem to get their arms around

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Edmund Storms
On May 31, 2013, at 4:40 AM, Rob Dingemans wrote: Hi, On 30-5-2013 22:48, Edmund Storms wrote: I agree Dave, I have been providing this explanation for several years without any effect. I'm glad you are adding your voice. The critical point at which the temperature must be reduced depends

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 2:58 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:52 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, what is common sense now becomes ancient history when

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 3:02 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:47 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: If someone is looking for an analogy they could look at the behavior of a power transistor mounted on a heat

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
Josh, please refrain from insults. Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 3:07 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Eric Walker

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
to be doing just that. The challenges he faces are difficult. Dave -Original Message- From: Rob Dingemans manonbrid...@aim.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 6:40 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question Hi, On 30-5-2013 22

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Terry Blanton
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:23 AM, Rob Dingemans manonbrid...@aim.com wrote: Of course, because a diesel engine works with GLOW PLUGS as it doesn't have any spark plugs. But these glow plugs still require electricity generated by an alternator which is connected by a V-belt to the engine. Glow

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:40 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Of course it is not the exact same. Positive heat feedback is what we are mainly interested in. You know that, so why bring up the obvious differences? Because it's not positive heat feedback.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:37 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It is great to see that we are in such close agreement. Let's handle the issues related to positive feedback as I requested and you will improve your understanding. I thought you were keeping an open mind, not a

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, please refrain from insults. Please refrain from telling me what to refrain from.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:32 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: With that in mind, please submit for discussion your main reason for discounting my explanation so that it can be properly addressed and everyone who is following this concept can draw their own conclusions. It is my

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Edmund Storms
Cude, please admit to the obvious. The LENR effect has positive feedback. Increased temperature causes increased power generation. This is an established fact. Of course, if as you believe, CF is not real, than this statement is irrelevant to you and any discussion is a waste of time.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
Storms, please read the exchange. I was saying the transistor was not a good analagy because it's not positive thermal feedback. The claim that cold fusion is positive thermal feedback, is the basis of my argument that it should easily self-sustain if there were a COP of 3. On Fri, May 31,

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
What is not positive heat feedback? Dave -Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 1:40 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:40 AM, David Roberson

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
:43 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:37 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: It is great to see that we are in such close agreement. Let's handle the issues related to positive feedback as I requested and you

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 1:44 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:41 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Josh, please refrain from insults. Please refrain from telling me what to refrain from.

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 1:46 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 8:32 AM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: With that in mind, please submit for discussion your

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:11 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Lets start with one of your choice regarding the many heat generation issues. How about how a small amount of heat can control a much larger amount? I agree this is possible under certain circumstances. But I don't

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread ChemE Stewart
Vacuum *Air + Water Vapor = 9.6 Megatons* (600 Hiroshima Bombs) from the latest Oklahoma tornado mentioned by scientists herehttp://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/tornado-powerful-hiroshima-bomb-article-1.1351054 All nature On Friday, May 31, 2013, Joshua Cude wrote: On Fri, May 31, 2013

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 2:39 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 1:11 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.com wrote: Lets start with one of your choice

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:36 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: He said you need a battery for an internal combustion engine, and so that means it's not self-sustaining. That was what I responded to. My point was a valid one. It's that for a regular ICE you need a secondary source

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: Glow plugs are for starting in cold weather. Before glow plugs, we used ether to start diesels in cold weather. In the Russian winter during WWII they would start tractor engines and tank engines by dumping gasoline on them and igniting it. They tried

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Eric Walker
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: My point was a valid one. It's that for a regular ICE you need a secondary source of power to drive the spark plugs (where in a diesel engine you do not after the engine gets going). Just to clarify the point (for

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread David Roberson
obvious errors that I have committed. Dave -Original Message- From: Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Fri, May 31, 2013 8:32 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:55 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:37 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: I'm not talking about initiating. I'm talking about sustaining. I

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:52 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:36 PM, Harry Veeder hveeder...@gmail.comwrote: As dave explains it makes sense if the energy input provides cooling power. Exactly. The whole thing is nuts. If it really needed to be

Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question

2013-05-31 Thread Harry Veeder
On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 3:52 PM, David Roberson dlrober...@aol.comwrote: Josh, what is common sense now becomes ancient history when the newest theories come out. Yes, I know that happens sometimes. And sometimes

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2013-05-30 Thread ChemE Stewart
Right, the brethren has so far brought us fission reactors, nuclear bombs and hot fu$ion, crowning achievements for our children Stewart On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Eric Walker wrote: On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.comjavascript:_e({}, 'cvml',

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2013-05-30 Thread Eric Walker
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:51 AM, ChemE Stewart cheme...@gmail.com wrote: Right, the brethren has so far brought us fission reactors, nuclear bombs and hot fu$ion, crowning achievements for our children I should clarify that I was trying to reproduce the inevitable and circular logic that some

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2013-05-30 Thread ChemE Stewart
Cool, this phenom obviously requires a lot of heads from different disciplines to figure it out since it does not appear to follow the straight and narrow from what I see. On Thursday, May 30, 2013, Eric Walker wrote: On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:51 AM, ChemE Stewart

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:19 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: The monitoring of the input was comically inadequate, if there is any possibility of deception, the blank run used a different power regimen,

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:24 PM, Rob Dingemans manonbrid...@aim.com wrote: Hi, You probably know the famous saying First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. It seems we are currently in the second stage and my instinct tells me we might soon be

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:25 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: That's not the opinion of the majority of observers of the case. Deception on this scale -- frauds and scams -- are utterly common. Scientific

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:37 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: The engineers at Elforsk disagree with Cude. They do not think this was a farce. They know much more about measuring energy and electricity than he does, so I suppose they are correct and he is wrong. It doesn't

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:39 PM, Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:38 AM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.comwrote: First, the fact that this *source* of energy thousands of times more dense than chemical has to be plugged in (to a high power line, no less) will

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: Eric Walker eric.wal...@gmail.com wrote: First, the fact that this *source* of energy thousands of times more dense than chemical has to be plugged in (to a high power line, no less) will turn most observers away.

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: ** ** *From:* Joshua Cude ** ** First, the fact that this *source* of energy thousands of times more dense than chemical has to be plugged in (to a high power line, no less) will turn most observers away.

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2013-05-30 Thread Randy wuller
authority you achieved that role and position and I will stand corrected. Ransom - Original Message - From: Joshua Cude To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 12:09 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2

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2013-05-30 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:12:17 AM And didn't the engineers at the Swedish Standards Institute test this configuration without success. Have those engineers given an opinion on the latest test? They know more than me too. They terminated the

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2013-05-30 Thread Alan Fletcher
From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:13:43 AM I have not seen perfectly good reasons for it. The reasons given that you need input heat to control the heat seem like an excuse to keep the power connected to me. Is there another example of a reaction

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:51 PM, Randy wuller rwul...@freeark.com wrote: ** Joshua: First, telling us how the majority of observers feel about the report is clearly beyond your knowledge. As Eric suggested making those claims without proof (poll, census, etc.) is not only unscientific it

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 12:55 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 10:12:17 AM And didn't the engineers at the Swedish Standards Institute test this configuration without success. Have those engineers given an

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2013-05-30 Thread Joshua Cude
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Alan Fletcher a...@well.com wrote: A device with a COP of 3 is not better than a heat pump. That's for MARCH, which was intentionally run at lower power, choosing stability over COP. Right. Three months of technical improvements gave a worse COP. The

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2013-05-30 Thread Randy wuller
Cude: You seem to be morphing into troll mode. Reasonable discussions with you are apparently at an end. Ransom - Original Message - From: Joshua Cude To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put

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2013-05-30 Thread Harry Veeder
On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:26 PM, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: I'm not talking about initiating. I'm talking about sustaining. I have no problem using electricity to initiate the ecat. But if it's a source of energy, it should behave like one and be able to at least power itself.

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2013-05-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com mailto:joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: A match is needed to ignite a firecracker, but once ignited, the explosion sustains itself. A match is needed to start a campfire, but not to sustain it. Cold fusion is not fire. It does not work the same

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2013-05-30 Thread David Roberson
-Original Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From:Joshua

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2013-05-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: . . . If you unplug a Rossi cell and try to make it self-sustain without input, it will melt. An analogy to fire may be useful to understanding, but you cannot engineer a reactor based on analogies. If we are going to do analogies, a more useful one would be to compare the Rossi

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2013-05-30 Thread Harry Veeder
As dave explains it makes sense if the energy input provides cooling power. Harry On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote: I wrote: . . . If you unplug a Rossi cell and try to make it self-sustain without input, it will melt. An analogy to fire may be

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2013-05-30 Thread Edmund Storms
Message- From: Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com To: vortex-l vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Thu, May 30, 2013 1:26 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Ethics of the E-Cat investigation put into question On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 3:20 PM, Jones Beene jone...@pacbell.net wrote: From: Joshua Cude First, the fact

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