--- Horace AFAIK - *everyone* including FF, agrees that high loading is critical. No argument there.
I am not arguing that the Italian theory is correct, far from it, and I agree with Ed that without proof, it is just a hollow theory --- but I can see his main point, even if it is only thoretical... and you seem to overlooking that entirely. And that point involves increased self-targeting of a fully loaded matrix BUT it is the WHEN the micro(nano)cracking occurs, and it is in the proper dimensions, which is important (for him). In fact, if done properly ahead of time, he apparently expects increased, not decreased loading, due to an increased dimension of access and much larger effective surface area. There is a certain amount of (paper) logic there. The increased self-targeting apparently for him is kind of like a rifle (using Michel's 'sphincter' effect) where if the target is placed too close, like against the end of the barrel, then it will get less energy from an emerging projectile, than if it is a few feet removed. Again, we all agree that the FF micro-cracking theory is meaningless unless/untill demonstrated (but he did manage to get it published in Fusion Technology). Ed Storms himself in his introduction to the LENR site and in several other publications has stated: "Application of deuterium gas to finely divided palladium ... has been found to generate anomalous energy along with helium-4. OK - ask yourself this - isn't finely divided Pd (i.e. palladium black) the very antithesis of what you are advocating ?? YET **palladium black** has been shown, in actual experiment with D2, to work and produce helium without the need for electrolysis AT ALL -- ERGO it MUST produce excess heat! Jones
