>From Jones, > Underwhelming, so far. One detail skeptics will likely hit on is seen in the > Google translation > > http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://22passi.blogspot.com/2011/01/bolognia-14111-cronaca-test-fusione_14.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3D%2522focardi%2522%26start%3D20%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN%26tbs%3Dqdr:w%26prmd%3Divns&rurl=translate.google.com&twu=1 > > ... where internal temperature is said to be 1500 C. and that is under > pressure. > Let's hope it is merely a poor translation. > > Expensive Inconel reactors are rated to 800 C. and the best available > "time-dependent > stress intensity values for a high temperature reactor material with > long-term safety > against rupture is shown to be about 950°C... and the photo indicates that > Rossi is > already skimping on the budget.... Go figure. > > Maybe this is indicative of why he has suffered two major lab fires, and that > it had > nothing to do with no wanting to report the failed prior work.
Underwhelming? If the reported temperature value turns out to be accurate the implication strikes me as OVERwhelming, not underwhelming, or did I misinterpret the actual intent of your statement. If 1500 C turns out to be close to the actual value generated, it strikes me as an engineering problem, a significant technical challenge that needs to be addressed. I cannot believe that there aren't engineering firms out there that wouldn't want to take concerted whack at the Holy Grail. We can be clever monkeys when sufficiently motivated by visions of grandeur and promises of overwhelming profits. Seems to me that this might put them in a similar predicament that BLP is presumed to be wrestling with right now. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
