On Mon, Nov 14, 2011 at 7:12 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Except the fundamental physics, and the fact that a 30 L poorly insulated > vessel of water cannot stay at boiling temperature for 4 hours. > It most certainly can, if it weighs 100 kg, and consists in part of fire brick, or something similar, and starts out at 500 or 600 C or hotter, or better, contains a metal like lead that starts out molten, or if it contains a small amount of liquid fuel and an oxygen candle. There is certainly no fundamental physics than says a 100 kg device can't stay hot for 4 hours. You can buy a 10 kg device at a camping store that can do it. The only thing that Rossi (or anyone else) can't explain with fundamental physics is how he can produce several kW of heat from nuclear reactions at ordinary temperatures with non-radioactive material, without producing radiation or any unusual isotopes. There's your violation of fundamental physics.
