A military interest in this does not surprise me in the least. And guess what, sports fans - it might be advantageous for all concerned if an "overseas military" took a strong interest now. That development might be the best way to get DoE/DoD off their collective butts in the LENR field.
Consider the rapid development of fission in the 1950s. The story of Adm. Rickover is absolutely amazing. He recognized immediately that a nuclear sub would be the ideal deterrent, and almost single-handedly pushed the USA civilian grid into the nuclear age as a by-product of his nonstop pursuit of this important goal, bulldozing his critics and confounding skeptics. When he found out that zirconium was the only metal that worked, but cost a fortune, he twisted the arms of everyone in the supply chain and got the price reduced to cents on the dollar. "No" was not an acceptable answer. Hymie had an uncanny resemblances to Oppie (some have said Rossi looks like Tesla at an older age, sans 'stache) and was as hyperactive, brilliant, confrontational, insulting, etc - so you either loved him or hated him. Most were in the latter category. What we need now is a strong personality like the Admiral to get things moving at the National level - maybe a mash-up of Rossi/Tesla/Oppie and Hymie. I do not see that persona on the horizon yet. -----Original Message----- From: Terry Blanton > In fact they downside of PTC thermistors is that they do tend to burn out > faster than tape heaters.... which seems to have happened. Which seems to indicate that Andrea needs some engineering help. With a little feedback and a more sophisticated system, possibly using PACs, he would not suffer the problems in demo 2. The problem will be complicated when he develops a series+parallel matrix to increase the pressure and power. On another note, his recent comments on Decathlon Energy (English translation) regarding "non-military" applications of Ecat seems to imply that there is a not "non-military" participant. T
