Daniel Rocha <danieldi...@gmail.com> wrote: Do you really think the scarcity of experimental results justifies the > investment of 60mil$?
You are not privy to the results, so you have no idea whether there is a scarcity or a plethora of results. You have not read the contract so you have no idea whether BLP ever promised experimental results, or an actual product delivery of some sort. You do no know, and you cannot judge. Yes, it might be a scam, but until one of the investors files suit, you have no way of knowing this. Many scientific research and R&D projects cost large sums and come to nothing. Hundreds of millions are spent on cancer drugs that do not work. The Japanese NEDO cold fusion project, and the 60-year-long $100 billion plasma fusion program were abject failures and a waste of money. But not scams. (There is some evidence that the NEDO program actually produced positive results which they covered up. That would be a scam in the other direction. Assuming that is not true, it was not a scam.) It is easier to think that they just bribed a few other researchers just to > fake results. This is out of the question. The people making the investments are highly knowledgeable experts in energy and research. They could spot fake results easily. > This amount of money is enough to come with a proff of concept for any form > of fusion, even tokamak. > No. A tokamak costs billions, even for one that does not produce useful levels of energy. You can't buy one that produces useful energy at any price. Even the ITER will not do this. It is presently estimated to cost $12 billion, and who knows how much it will really cost. All tokamaks produce some excess energy. - Jed
