Steve,
I think my bubble just burst; reading in today's National Post (in Canada)
about the Kyoto fiasco...
I've seen all the stuff that's been flying into my in-box, not that I've
read all of it - I don't have the time - and standing back a little and
looking at all the scoffers' arguments and all the counter-arguments, has
just boggled my mind.
As most of us understand, SOMETHING happened in the Pons/Fleischman labs,
and this "something" has been investigated, usually under conditions of
relative penury, and found to be plausible. A new idea called "common
sense" dictates that if something is plausible - possible under certain
conditions - it ought to be investigated. Such is the nature of true
scientists; they are (another new word) "curious".
Now let's flash over to the Kyoto fiasco - and I don't see people like
Randi commenting on this - and take a look at what's been spent and what's
potentially going to be spent. On what? On hot air. On actions based on
so-called scientific studies that "prove" that we nasty humans are
devastating the earth. Randi!!!!! Where are you???!!!!!!
All we have gotten so far is some very wealthy quasi-government
organizations and NGOs... And let's not forget about the UN porkers
snuffling around the trough.
With the amount of money that's been generously poured into Kyoto, LENR
could have easily have been a working proposition at this time. It's
amazing what a reasonable amount of research money in the right places can
do for potentially solving the world's energy and pollution problems.
As you can see, I'm tired of all the nonsense - again we have people
discussing ad nauseam about how many angels can dance on the head of that
damned pin.
All the scoffers; why don't you go and stand by the trough and scoff
there. Perhaps you'll be able to divert some much-needed funding in the
right direction.
P.
At 05:47 PM 5/30/2006 -0700, you wrote:
This sorta PISSES ME OFF. Sorry.
No apologies required. It would be upsetting to all of us.
As I recall, Sir Martin *implied* that he knew what was going on.
Yeah, well, somebody I talked to, can't remember off the top of my head,
gave me a whole sorry detailed run down on this whole matter. Sir Martin's
not known for being very direct and forthcoming, especially about possibly
embarrassing things that got overlooked.
> But, if he doesn't . . . someone surely does.
Yes, abserlutely. The folks at JM do. Last I heard, it's their trade
secret and they don't feel like being philanthropic.
These people better hope I never hit the lottery. BTW, the operative
word here is 'hit'.
Yikes. I didn't know that "Blanton" was an Italian name.
s
