On 04/12/2011 10:25 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > As I said to Jones Beene, Rossi is often secretive. You might say he > is openly secretive, meaning he makes no bones about the fact that he > is hiding information. That is partly what he did in his response to > me, below. > > He claims he can enrich Ni cheaply. It may be that he is lying about > this. But in any case, his story is consistent. He said it costs an > extra 10% only. He acknowledged (in effect) that with ordinary > monoisotopic samples this percent is too low. He claims he can do it > more cheaply. Take his story or leave it.
OK, let's take it for a moment. But then, how come the sample sent to the lab in Sweden wasn't enriched? They tested the nickel and the copper and both appeared to be "natural". Was it a bogus sample? Or is the level of enrichment so minor that the nickel isotope ratios don't appear to differ from the "natural" ones? > > I cannot judge, but I would note that cold fusion processes have been > known to transmute the host metal. I have never heard of anyone who > could transmute a significant, macroscopic amount on demand; say 1% or > 2%. Then again, I have never heard of anyone who can make a 1 liter > cold fusion cell run at 16 kW for 18 hours, or (reportedly) for > several months. It is clear that Rossi can do things other researchers > only dream of doing. So it is not inconceivable that he knows some > inexpensive variation on the heat-generation technique that optimizes > the fuel isotopic ratios. > > - Jed >
