> > To prevent federal funds from being spent on research is going to > slow down the research. Do you not agree? >
Yes. That's a pity. But it's sort of circular. If the evidence was convincing, the funds would be there. You have to start somewhere. And before we start on it, I don't know enough about CF research to engage in a debate about it. I admit that freely. My interest and careful following of Rossi is strictly due to the extravagance of the claim and the response of the community to what I see as very bad evidence. That's my interest. | How about preventing the patent office from accepting cold fusion devices? Any problem there? I'm not sure but I don't think so. The patent office has been duped so many times and they're traditionally so easy to bamboozle that they erected some additional barriers for free energy devices of various types. I am not aware of a formal policy to not patent any cold fusion related technology and I strongly suspect it doesn't exist. But if it did, any strong and credible demonstration would eliminate it. Rossi hasn't done that -- IMHO of course. >
