Neither Joshua nor I are implacable doctrinaire skeptics. Again, I am very impressed by the clarity and scope of Joshua Cude's assessments. Now, it is clear that he has been monitoring cold fusion adequately for many years.
Cold fusion has always been a moribund field, as I observed carefully from 1997 to about 2003 -- the image that comes to my mind now is that of a random scatter of bird seed under the feeder, becoming a variety of seedlings that never thrive, mature, or leave new generations. I like Jed, and I like Abd. Joshua's replies to their arguments are convincing. Their debate deserves thoughtful and repeated study -- perhaps a classic clarifying contribution in the process of cold fusion work since 1989. Jed has rendered careful, responsible service for years by archiving full papers on all aspects of the explorations, along with some good critical work, for instance, on the Arata reports. Abd is devoting much time and effort to enable anyone to prove neutron emissions with a small, low-cost deuterium-palladium electrolysis cell. I suggest he supply a weekly post on his progress, sharing all data immediately real-time, including full high-resolution views of both sides of the sensitive plastic. Why not share duplicates of his first cell with other researchers -- Ludwik Kowalski, Scott Little, Pam Boss? Could more such scientists form a common public website for this single device? During a long meditation today, I wondered about the floor under Rossi's demo -- is there a space under it that could allow wires or thin metal tapes to carry 15 KW electric power from public electric power on a different meter than that for the building, with provision for delivery of the power up the table legs to the device -- that would be about $1.50 per hour -- the justification for this suggestion is that all ideas have to be aired in trying to assess this perplexing drama -- well, if it turns out to be a hoax, Rossi can make a bundle selling the movie rights -- but I would prefer him to be revealed as totally right on, so I can be a "wrong off" floating brown shiny object... Rich
