Here is a new article about Brillouin: http://www.infinite-energy.com/images/pdfs/BrillouinIE123.pdf
My response: Godes' strategy makes no sense to me. It is a terrific waste of his time and his investors' money. I cannot imagine any reason why a person would build a 104 kW reactor at this stage. It also makes no sense to build a self-sustaining device. It would be far better to make a reactor that produces 100 W, and to measure that with good calorimetry. This would be more convincing, easier to do, safer, far cheaper, and faster. It has been said that some people will only be convinced by a self-sustaining device. That is true, but such people are stupid. It is a waste of time trying to convince them. Even if you do convince them they will be nothing but trouble for you after that. Extremely stupid people will not even be convinced by a self-sustaining device. Any sensible engineer or scientist will be convinced by good calorimetry at 100 W. Even 10 Watts would be sufficient if it is done correctly. Here are some other reasons why this strategy is absurd: 1. This is a distraction. It has nothing to do with his stated goal. It is as if the Wright brothers had stopped the development of the airplane in 1904 and concentrated instead on developing retractable landing gear. Or complicated launching gear that costs tens of thousands of dollars, which is exactly what their rival Dr. Langley did: http://www.wright-brothers.org/History_Wing/History_of_the_Airplane/Doers_and_Dreamers/Wright_Smithsonian_Controversy/images/1903-Langley-Aerodrome-ready-for-launch-8-October.JPG The Wright brothers launching gear was a 2" x 4" wooden rail and two bicycle wheel hubs, costing a few dollars. As Wilbur later said: Those who failed for lack of time had already used more time than was necessary; those who failed for lack of money had already spent more money than was necessary . . . If Godes has what he claims, then he is spending more time and money than is necessary. This is a cardinal sin in business. 2. There are hundreds of corporations and probably hundreds of thousands of engineers in the world who can do a better job at this than Godes. If he would only demonstrate that the effect is real, these corporations and experts would be lined up ready to do this job far more skillfully than he could do it. Not only will this cost him nothing; they will pay him enormous sums of money. 3. The reactor and generator will be obsolete before you can finish building them. 4. This much heat is dangerous. Any heat flux above 100 Watts is dangerous. 5. This is too much heat to measure with precision. You have to use industrial equipment which will give you a result within 5% or 10% at best. 6. Perhaps, for some reason, the reactor cannot be made on a small scale. But surely it can be made on a kilowatt scale rather than 104 kW. This strategy is similar to Rossi's strategy of making a 1 MW reactor. I think Rossi's strategy is also absurd and ill-advised, for similar reasons. - Jed
