On Nov 8, 2011, at 6:41 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
I wrote earlier that Rossi is in a bind because he has no viable
patent. Then just now I wrote that I have urged him to do a proper
test, get funding, and then hire experts, the way, Robert Lynn
recommends.
The problem is, Rossi does not trust outsiders. He cannot even
bring himself to give a reactor to the University of Bologna where
he has many friends. This is a problem largely of his own making.
I understand why he does not trust people. He has had a painful
life and he has often been betrayed and unjustly persecuted. For
example, one of the charges they sent him to jail for was
defrauding the stockholders. He himself was the only stockholder,
so this was Kafkaesque. Someone in the Italian justice system had
it in for him.
I do no see any way for him to escape this conundrum.
Rossi says that "a public demonstration, controlled by independent
engineers, for the benefit of the international media can be
beneficial for the dissemination of E-Cat . . ." would be
"completely useless." I expect he sincerely believes this, but it
is nonsense. Without question, such a test with be beneficial for
the dissemination of the E-cat. But it would destroy his business
strategy. He would not think of doing it. Plan B would be to adopt
a conventional business strategy like the Lynn and I advocate. I am
sure he has never seriously considered doing that. When I and
others have suggested this he has brushed us off. As things stand
he will never allow a proper test.
- Jed
Rossi's behavior is absurd, unless he doesn't believe in the
technology himself. Then it makes complete sense.
If Rossi actually has something useful, and it is not patentable,
then he could still make a fortune producing energy and selling it
directly to a grid. He could relocate to Mexico and sell power to
the west coast of the USA through the existing grid. He could make
billions.
He could make a fortune with just steam heat by using it to extract
oil from Canadian oil sands, though he might have even more trouble
with nuclear authorities in Canada than even the USA. In any case,
bulk power production would be much easier to beat the red tape on
than any kind of small commercial sales. If he produced a just a MW
of commercial grid electric power for a few months he would probably
have investors flocking to him with money.
I would think if he could actually do this he would have done it.
If he actually heated a commercial building for more than a year with
nickel and hydrogen I would think he would want to show that.
If he can produce a COP of 6 or even 3 then it should be easy to
drive a sterling generator and turn that COP 6 into COP infinity.
I don't see anything happening that is fully consistent with a useful
technology being present. There is much happening that is consistent
with no useful technology being present. What sane person would
invest in E-cats if things are in this status?
Best regards,
Horace Heffner
http://www.mtaonline.net/~hheffner/
