The value and quality of the ERV report is subjective, But in any contest where the referee is agreed upon beforehand. If the referee makes a call that one side does not agree with, that aggrieved party cannot take their ball and go home no matter how incompetent the referee is. You take the loss with good sportsmanship and pay the 89M.
On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 11:34 AM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: > a.ashfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I do not know if there is another complete report, but I do know that the >> I.H. observer disagrees with the Penon report, for good reasons." >> >> Earlier I thought you wrote that Penon was incompetent and the report >> valueless > > > I think he is incompetent based on his 2012 report, as I said. I.H. says > they disagree with the report. They say there is no heat. That makes the > report valueless. I trust I.H.'s expertise in calorimetry more than I trust > Penon's. > > > >> Now you say the report damns Rossi. >> > > That's what I.H. says, not me. They say there is no heat. That damns the > report. > > > >> Earlier you wrote there were two ERV's. Now it seems there is only one. >> > > I think there are three people involved, Penon, Barry West and Fulvio > Fabiani. That is my reading of the legal paper that Eric Walker kindly dug > up. I do not know who is responsible for what, or how many reports were > written, but in any case, I am sure that I.H. strongly disagrees with the > Penon report. They made that clear in the press release and in additional > comments to me. I hope the details will all be published eventually, but I > cannot say when that might happen. > > > >> Rossi stated that he wanted to release the report but had not on his >> attorney;s advice. How dO you know better? >> > > I cannot discuss that now. I hope I can later today. Sorry to be > mysterious, but I really do hope I can say something definitive about that > topic soon. The rest, including the report, may remain shrouded in mystery. > > - Jed > >

