Jones Beene wrote
ØNo it cannot be added. You can't cause that much friction with these
pipes. Not enough to measure.
Are you serious !?! The gullibility quotient here defies the
imagination !
In fact, it is quite easy to add friction if that is your intent.
Okay, let's think about this. Let me rephrase:
1. It is impossible to add measurable friction with this equipment
(these pipes and pumps), and if you could somehow add it, they _would_
measure it. It would be present before you turn the cell on, and after
you turn it off. It would not suddenly magically appear when you turn on
the power to the resistors.
2. You could modulate the friction by changing the pressure and flow
rate. But these did not change. The flow rate was measured, and it did
not change. There can only be steady, unchanging heat from friction.
That does not resemble the curves they published or the eyewitness reports.
3. You cannot change the shape of the inside of the machine on the fly.
Certainly not without anyone noticing. Bear in mind that Levi et al.
looked carefully inside the machine. If there were shape-shifting
devices they would notice. If there were convolutions or constrictions,
they would notice. They recognize ordinary pipes and tubes when they see
them. The only place to hide constrictions would be in the cell itself.
I am pretty sure 1 L is not enough to produce this much friction from
constriction.
4. If you have constrictions enough to cause 4 kW of friction, the pump
shown in the first test would not have been able to force one drop of
water through. It is much too small. Yet it did push the water through.
Furthermore, even if every joule of the energy going into this pump was
added by friction into the water, right at the cell, this would have no
measurable effect on these results.
5. Ordinary tap water pressure could not possibly produce this much
friction. Again, not one drop would pass through.
6. Suppose we imagine there is a hidden 20 kW pump forcing water through
the pipes. (It would take more than a 16 kW one -- and we'll put aside
the 130 kW for now.) The inlet tube is ordinary rubber, and it would
burst. The pipes inside the machine -- most of them, anyway -- are
ordinary. They would burst. Perhaps there are some hidden constrictions
inside the cell, but the rest of the hardware cannot take such pressure.
7. If, by some miracle, you could selectively extract this energy from
the flowing water, turning the effect on and off, then the water would
cease flowing. People would notice.
We cannot assume honesty from a man like Rossi who is seldom honest.
We can, however, assume that he is incapable of breaking elementary laws
of physics.
Also, it is fair to assume that if he was using high pressure hoses and
the like, Levi et al. would notice.
- Jed
