On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 6:00 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> jmp jmp <crossection...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > First, the part about "forget Rossi": I think Rossi has been an enormous >> time/talent sink with no benefit to the LENR field. Arguably, he's set the >> field back quite a lot. >> > > That is preposterous. He has made more progress toward practical, > commercial technology that all of the other researchers combined. > > At present, there is nothing else to talk about in cold fusion, and no > other approach worth pursuing. it would be a waste of time to continue > working on bulk palladium and other approaches. Perhaps we should return to > them in the future to learn more about the physics of cold fusion, but > there is no question that the only practical way to make technology is with > nickel nanoparticle powder. > > Rossi is an annoying person who can be difficult to work with, but he > has undeniably made a tremendous contribution to this field. The fact that > he is annoying has no bearing at all on his contribution. > > > >> Look back at the posts here at Vortex and consider how much time and >> effort has been spent by a bunch of smart people in trying to figure out >> what Rossi has or doesn't have. Wet steam, dry steam. What about that >> thermocouple/pump/contract with U of B/whatever? > > > This is all skeptical bullshit. None of these issues are real. The steam > could be completely wet and the results would be irrefutable. In any case, > as far as I know, all real experts in the real world say it is dry. > > > I believe it's been wasted effort. Rossi provides very little >> information that can be independently confirmed. > > > All of his claims had been independently confirmed. Everything he has > done has already been done by others, albeit at lower power levels with > less spectacular success. > > > >> I don't know what Rossi has. Given the dearth of confirmable information >> he's provided, I *can't* know what he has. > > > Yes, you can. If you understand basic physics and thermodynamics you can > be certain that his results are real. I do not know a professional single > scientist who doubts this. > > All of the doubts are from the peanut gallery on the Internet, > especially people such as Mary Yugo. She says she knows nothing about cold > fusion, so obviously she cannot judge. Asking her to evaluate this would be > like asking me to review a performance of the Metropolitan Opera. I do not > know the first thing about music and I have never listened to the > Metropolitan Opera. So I am not qualified to critique them. I doubt anyone > would argue with that. I cannot imagine why anyone takes Yugo or Park > seriously, when they brag they have not even bothered to read the > fundamentals, and they make many silly factual mistakes. > > - Jed > > Jed, Re opera you can consult me anytime, is my hobby. Italian, French, German, Russian, Hungarian, Czech etc. operas. if you wish to listen to a good selection of opera arias, you can find them there: http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com/2011/03/explaining-opera-music-of-all-noises.html Metopera has a wonderfully well organized website and database. Re Mary Yugo, I am reading only what she tells about Rossi and the E-cat, not LENR or CF. Peter -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com
