Bob Higgins wrote: … no outcome is going to release useful information to the LENR community…. Eric Walker wrote: If the matter goes to trial and additional exhibits become available through discovery, those of use who have been following Rossi for several years will obtain information of a kind and quality that Rossi would never have voluntarily parted with….
Don’t hold your breath, Eric. Wouldn’t it be useless information anyway? Or is there a working E-Cat, somewhere in the universe? AFAIK, there is no solid evidence that AR has demonstrated thermal gain in a scientific manner. Ever. As far as LENR is concerned, replicators would be wise to write-off the entire Rossi-gate episode, stop wasting time with incessant bickering - and focus on replicating the available experiments which have some gain (especially the NI-Week demo). The false hope of getting a MW power at high COP is the lure that allowed AR to repeatedly fool the gullible. In retrospect, it is silly to think a MW was possible when Rossi could not scientifically prove gain at the watt level. Even today, if he could reliably show 50 watts out from 10 watts in, he might succeed against IH since their entire case circles around NEVER having seen any thermal gain. As things stand now, the odds are strong that the case will be tossed by the Court when Penon fails to appear for deposition. One lesson for the rest of us: Be content with slight anomalous gain, realizing that with proper design, a high COP level is possible in the form of self-sustaining heat. The very first objection to Rossi – six years ago - was correct, in retrospect. That objection was this: if you have valid thermal gain, then with proper insulation almost no external power will be needed. This should be simple to demonstrate, and a kilowatt is superfluous. Show us 10 watts. Yet when it could not be done by AR at a few watts, the best tactic becomes the big lie – supersize it. LOL. This is such a tragicomedy - “A Comedy of Errors” shall we say.
