At the risk of appearing to 'beat a dead horse' let me make a couple of other comments relevant to the 'big picture' of nano-nickel technology.
1) Mills and BLP may try to distance themselves from Rossi due to one critical detail: *radioactivity*. Mills' entire patent protection is vulnerable if it is discovered that the Ni-H system goes radioactive in a short time. I am certain that this cannot be avoided. The implications are disastrous for BLP. 2) Focardi and Rossi are 'not exactly' partners in this, since Leonardo Technologies, founded by Rossi but owned by shareholders, is the real owner of the technology and they may be trying to keep him on a short leash. 3) This has led some to believe that originally, Rossi was trying to 'play both ends against the middle' and to quietly, even secretly - obtain Euro-funding in Italy for a parallel project with Focardi, from which he would be paid a large fee, and avoid Leonardo's claim on it. 4) As I understand the personal situation, Piantelli is a bitter enemy of Focardi, going back to the early nineties - and that is probably the way in which Steve was alerted to Rossi's sordid past. Who says that rational science is immune from the "soap opera effect" of petty jealousy and multiple layers of intrigue and 'white lie' dishonesty? Jones
