On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 4:31 PM, Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: > At 01:12 PM 1/17/2012, *** Craig Brown *** wrote: >> >> I think the question here is WHY? Why release a video saying LENR is >> looking good as a powerful replacement for conventional fossil fuels, then >> when questioned about it, Zawodny tells everyone, that it's not useful and >> that he's sceptical about it. >> >> Seriously, WTF is going on at NASA? > > > You need to re-read Zawodny's blog : > http://joe.zawodny.com/index.php/2012/01/14/technology-gateway-video/ > > a) They're required to publicize any patent, and a layman's video is one way > of doing it. > > b) Zawodny says that he believes there IS credible evidence for LENR > > c) Zawodny says that he has NOT seen credible scientific evidence for "any > clear and convincing demonstrations of any viable **commercial** device > producing useful amounts of net energy" (and then clarifies what he means by > scientific evidence -- and I think everyone here agrees that Rossi's tests > didn't amount to that, and that Defkalion have showed nothing.) It's Rossi > (and Defkalion) he's skeptical of. > > d) The subject heading is a mis-statement of what Gibbs said (ie that NASA's > statement added nothing useful). Neither Zawodny or Gibbs said that LENR > couldn't be useful. >
Zawodny wrote on his blog: "As for what people are trying to read into this video, specifically my use of the word “demonstrated”, it is my professional opinion that the production of excess energy has been demonstrated when the results of the last 20+ years of experimentation are evaluated. There has been a lot of work done in the past 20+ years. When considered in aggregate I believe excess power has been demonstrated. I did not say, reliable, useful, commercially viable, or controllable. If any of those other terms were applicable I would have used them instead. If anything, it is the lack of a single clear demonstration of reliable, useful, and controllable production of excess power that has held LENR research back. As a non-technical piece aimed at the general public, my limited media training has taught me that less information/detail is generally better than more. I did not produce or direct the video. While I saw the video before it was released, I did not learn of it’s release until the email started pouring in Thursday morning." He paints a dismal picture of progress in the field. There has been more than a "single" instance of reliable and controllable amounts of excess heat.The lastest commercial claims, even if they remain shrouded in trade secrets, should have been expected to arise by now give the pace of developments in recent years. Harry
