>From Jed, ...
> If this is true, and the mass media believes it, it may well be the biggest > sensation in cold fusion since 1989. > > To put it another way, if this is true, I guess it is Game Over and We Won. > I have difficulty taking that possibility seriously. It could happen though. > There is certainly no physical reason why a 16 kW heater cannot be made. There certainly has been some intriguing speculation on this matter within the Vort Collective. Various theories discussed here have tended to be beyond my comprehension. Assuming Focardi and Rossi's measurements are both accurate and repeatable I wonder how exploitable the process is perceived to be in the commercial sense. The fact that a news conference has been scheduled for this Saturday (Jan 15) would strongly suggest (to me) that Rocardi and Rossi would like to get commercial interests involved ASAP. If they can put together a good dog and pony show... One thing that concerns me is that, as I understand it, nickel is transformed (destroyed) during what is assumed to be a fusion or nuclear process, creating copper and lots kinetic energy in the form of excess heat. It would seem to me that specially manufactured nickel "cells" might have to be replaced or recycled on a regular basis. Could such a recycling process be done economically? Obviously, nickel is plentiful and as such is significantly cheaper than palladium. Meanwhile, BLP continues to tout the wonders of their still-to-be-verified CIHT process. Heat versus direct electrical conversion... Oh, such ramifications! Wouldn't it be nice to see some good old fashion commercially motivated competition generated from this latest brouhaha. Guess we have to wait and see what comes out of the press conference. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
