At 10:49 AM 4/1/2010, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote:
FYI:
I'm surprised Mr. Carrell has not yet alerted us to a recent
BlackLight Power announcement:
"BlackLight Power, Inc. Announces First [seventh over-all] Commercial
License in Europe with GEOENERGIE SpA, Energy Subsidiary of Geogreen
Non-Exclusive License to produce up to 750 MW of continuous power"
I'm a little tired of press releases that imply what may not be true.
A "license" may not indicate anything other than a judgment by the
company obtaining it that it's worth the trouble, and maybe a little
money, to place a bet on the technology. The value of the license
would depend on what they actually paid for it, if anything. A
license would not indicate that they were close to an operating
reactor, at all.
Obviously, I don't know, but from the press release I could not rule
out that Blacklight approached Geoenergie SpA and said, here is a
license, we will sell you for $1 (hands $1 to the Geoenergie SpA
rep), all we want is to be able to announce the license, and, you
will see, the license conditions will basically give your company
very cheap power compared to what you are paying now. You can't lose.
The rep signs the agreement, having been authorized, and gives the $1
back and enjoys the rest of the dinner courtesy of Blacklight Power,
which now can wave more evidence of their momentum.
If pressured, Geoenergie points out that the license conditions were
very favorable and there was no risk at all of loss, and some
possibility, however remote, of much gain.
BlackLight has been implying that an operational demonstration
reactor that could be tested widely, or even purchased, is just
around the corner. Well, I'm tired of hanging around the corner. When
can we peek around it?
By no means do I think the endgame is over, BlackLight is not under
any legal obligation to disclose anything to us, and, personally, I'm
more interested in the implications for science of hydrino theory,
but not terribly interested, simply because I can't take on too much
at once. I can see the signs of pathological rejection of hydrino
theory, but that proves nothing. Sometimes pathological skeptics
reject stuff that is Actually Bogus.
