At 11:20 PM 6/21/2011, Mark Iverson wrote:
ABD wrote:
"Rossi held up the hose, Krivit had also mentioned this. He didn't
want to allow this to continue,
he said it was dangerous. Really? How?"
I think its quite obvious and simple...
yes. That was a rhetorical question. It showed that there is water in
the hose, Rossi knows there is water in the hose, and he proceeded to
acknowledge that there was water in the hose. "A little." So, why
didn't he pour it out into a container, instead of into the drain?
Well, maybe there was a *lot* of water in the hose!
Speculation. The point is that the conditions of the demo don't allow
us to come to firm conclusions on this. Other demos had different
conditions and might have been more convincing. But each demo had its
problems, and Rossi has no motive to clear this up. None. He gains
nothing from a "good reputation" and a "convincing demo" at this
time. Rossi is way over concern about his personal image. Being
tossed in jail can have that effect.
Water in the hose would be expected, from condensation. What this
means is that we can't tell, without complex calculations fraught
with opportunity for error, how much steam is being generated.
We could tell, far more simply, by observation of the steam plume
from the valve at the top of the chimney. That's been covered up in
this Krivit video.
