Jones Beene wrote:
As any fool can see, this kind of device would be ideal for the
military – tank, submarine, drone airplane that stays aloft for months
… Maybe some observers thought we were joking about a threat from
Russian interests (or Chinese, Arabs, Israel etc) .
With this kind of gain, the threat to Rossi or his family is no joke.
That is one thing I do not think we need to worry about. That is the one
benefit of being locked out of the mass media. The establishment remains
completely unaware of Rossi. Even if he demonstrates a 1 MW reactor I
think there will be no reports in any major media outlet. The oil
companies and the DOE will not take action against them until it is too
late. Perhaps if they knew what was going on and they believed the
effect is real, he might be in danger.
I have been in contact with bigwigs at oil companies, industrial
companies, the Pentagon and elsewhere. My impression is that even when
they have some knowledge of this research, in their heart of hearts they
cannot bring themselves to take it seriously or believe a word of it.
Even when they do believe it at some level, they cannot bring themselves
to imagine the ramifications.
Right now, they take this less seriously than I take magnetic motor
claims, or Aviso's self-running demonstration. They agree with Robert
Park that it is all wack-a-doodle tin-foil cap stuff, criminal fraud,
and lunacy. That is what Park says, and what most of the high
muckety-muck decision makers say. I have no reason to think they are
lying. I wish it were otherwise. I look for indications they secretly
take it seriously, but I see none. The best proof is that they have not
invested in the research. These people have billions of dollars at their
fingertips. What better proof can you ask for that they do not take it
seriously, and do not think it is worth investigating?
There are a few corporations taking a serious look at cold fusion. But
they have not invested anything in it as far as I know. There are
several in Italy making somewhat frantic efforts to replicate Rossi.
As far as I know, in the history of cold fusion only Stan Pons was
subjected to threats to himself or his family. There were many
orchestrated attacks against on the reputations and work of Fleischmann,
Pons and other researchers, such as the ones organized by the MIT plasma
fusion people a few days after cold fusion was announced, and the
attacks against Taleyarkhan. There were reports of sabotaged
experiments, with horse manure dumped into them, broken glassware and so
on. That is what you expect from academic scientists. They tend to be
sophomore jerks. But they are wusses and I do not think they have made
any threats of violence. I doubt they are capable of it. Except for the
late J. P. Vigier who was in the French Resistance during WWII. He went
around assassinating German officers. He once demonstrated the technique
on me. He was in his 80s but he could have killed me in two seconds flat.
- Jed
