At 05:45 AM 6/17/2011, Akira Shirakawa wrote:
On 2011-06-17 04:57, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
I'd say, so far, so good. Let's hope he gets some decent answers.
Krivit's preliminary report has been harshly criticized by Rossi:
Look, it's obvious: Rossi is either crazy, or
crazy like a fox. Hard to tell the difference.
Krivit may be obnoxious, sometimes, but I rather
doubt he tried to "blackmail" anyone. I suspect
that, instead, he ran into a brick wall, and
pointed out that this is what he'd report.
Did he ask for money? That would be blackmail!
http://www.journal-of-nuclear-physics.com/?p=360&cpage=12#comment-46691
Dear Craig:
Mr Krivit has understood nothing of what he saw,
from what I have read in his ridiculous reportÂ…
This guy has seen for half an hour an E-Cat in
the factory where we make many tests, made some
questions to Prof. Levi, Prof. Focardi and me.
Evidently has understood nothing, perhaps for
the short time we gave him, also because we have to work.
Can't have it both ways. Krivit indeed didn't see
enough, that's what he was complaining about!
Prof. Levi has explained very well to him how
the measures have been made and the importance
of the issue. He has explained very well that
the percentage of uncondensed water in the steam
has been measured in weight (in volume is
impossible, for various reasons), and he also
got confirmation of this from a specialist from
whom he has taken indipendent counsel.
According to? What methods were used? Why is a
demo set up in such a way as to make it
impossible to determine the answers to these
questions immediately and obviously? Does Rossi
expect that a journalist will simply take assertions as if they were facts?
I understand that Rossi has reasons to avoid
making everything plain and clear. However, that
doesn't allow him to impugn the integrity of a
journalist. It makes him an asshole, even if he turns out to be a rich one.
Nevertheless, he has understood nothing, or
wanted not to understand, for reasons he better
knows. Our tests have been performed by Physics
Professors, who know how to make measures , and
I am measuring the performance every day on 300 reactors.
Great. But that's Rossi's say-so, not something
demonstrated or shown. Where are the results from
these 300 reactors? Surely Rossi understands why
people would be skeptical about these claims! If
he doesn't understand, that makes me worried in a whole new way!
In any case we will start our 1 MW plant in
october and we will see how it works.
Indeed. For the world, we wish him success. But
if I were being asked to put money in this, and I
was fed bullshit like Rossi's response here, I'd
stay far away. Let's hope, for the sake of
Ampenergo and Defkalion and the Greek government,
that they've been shown much better!
Of course I assure his considerations are
invalid, but I want to say more: our products on the market will confirm this.
No, his concerns are *valid.* That doesn't mean
that the E-Cat doesn't work, it means that
something has been missing from the public
demonstrations. And those "physics professors"
are aware of this, to a degree, as well, at least the Swedes are.
There are aspects to this which are difficult to
quantify, someone who, for example, watched the
outlet hose closely might be convinced, from
visual observation, that this was entirely vapor,
with practically no liquid water. If the hose
went right into the drain, impossible.
Probably this journalist has been sent by
someone that wants to dwarf our work. He also
tried to blackmail prof. Levi, and Levi already
has given to his attorney due. information .
Krivit is well-known. There are problems with
Krivit, to be sure, but "blackmail"? I don't
think so. "Wants to dwarf our work"? While such
people may well exist -- wouldn't you want to
produce better results than Rossi? -- I think he
means "minimize" or "discredit," not "dwarf." No,
Krivit would want this to be real, he thinks it
would vindicate his positions on cold fusion theory.
But Krivit also has a view of himself as a
"fearless investigative reporter," which can be a
problem sometimes, but which can also be useful
when he doesn't go too far in hyping the negative
because of the shock value of lurid reporting.
Krivit has raised valid questions, no doubt about
it. I'm not claiming there are no answers, but to
attack him merely for asking? That's beyond the
pale. Rossi should apologize, not that I expect
him to care about my opinion. But he might. I'm
told he's a decent sort, personally.
