>From Jed:
> I do not know what Rossi prefers regarding safety. I have some concerns about > his devices, because Celani detected a burst of radioactivity and because during > the 18-hour test it seemed to produce a great deal of heat for a while. > > Everything I have seen points to Defkalion being far ahead of Rossi. He invented > the core technology, and Defkalion is paying him a great deal of money for the > license. As they should! But they licensed the technology some years ago and > they have pulled far ahead of him in practical applications. The built-in calorimetry > in their computerized prototypes (described above) and the test equipment at the > Greek regulatory agencies is far better than anything Rossi uses. > > This sort of thing has often happened in the history of technology. For example, > Shockley was soon left behind in semiconductor research, and never made an > important contribution after the first one. <Sunday's Sermon> A concern I suspect many share is that whatever Defkalion rolls out with by October, (assuming they meet their self-enforced deadline) the products will be safe. I have to assume they know the responsibilities before them. I certainly don't disagree with Jed's assessment that in historical context inventors making the initial discovery can soon be left wanting in the dust as larger better funded corporations exploit their blood, sweat, and sometimes tears. Will the same scenario happen to Rossi? Quite possibly. We must wait for history to write the book on this fascinating period of time. A personal take (perhaps I should say: interpretation) of my unscientifically posted "Doctor" transcripts are that what Defkalion is currently assembling is akin to cavemen throwing sticks and branches on top of a camp fire in the hope that they can keep it burning through the night. They are feeding a fire for which they don't understand the most fundamental principles of what causes the heat that keeps them warm in the middle of the night, or what cooks their raw meat, or what keeps hungry saber tooth tigers vying for a midnight snack at bay. I don't mean to imply that Defkalion is run by a bunch of opportunistic Neanderthals. We could say the same thing about our current understanding and exploitation of super conductivity. MRI machines are a marvel, even if what happens inside is partially due to magic, as ACC suggested. When learning how to use magic a sensible approach is to accumulate a reasonable amount of confidence in the incantations that have to be uttered and in what order the phrases need to be uttered in. Typically incantations of this sort are collected through a trial and error process, just as Rossi appears to have done. As long as Defkalion's products operate within the prescribed engineered boundaries set forth in the sales brochure they will probably be reasonably safe to operate by trained professionals. I interpret another implication based on the "Doctor's" assessment. The implication is that the so-called Rossi Effect is a slumbering genie waiting to be unleashed from its lamp. When the genie is better understood and the magic is finally transformed into scientific theory filled with complex equations, predictions can then be made as to how to utilize the Rossi Effect in a more straight forward manner. The implication is that this genie may eventually grant us access to energy on a scale several magnitudes greater than what Rossi's current e-cats dimly hint at today. The ultimate implication is that the ignorant mismanagement of such an awakened genie could very likely be catastrophic on a global scale. Hopefully we will be prepared. </Sunday's Sermon> Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com zazzle.com/orionworks.com
