An X-Prize would be an excellent idea. I hope that Mr. Smith gives this concept serious consideration.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: Robert Lynn <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 2:20 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Do you think Rossi will still be too busy? The media are going to love this, and they will be very damning if Rossi doesn't accept. If he is prepared to put such money on the line it would be nice if Smith opened this up to all-comers, like an X-Prize, eg for a consistently replicable cold fusion reaction with a gain of 5-10 and power output >1kW. On 14 February 2012 18:50, Alan J Fletcher <[email protected]> wrote: At 08:14 AM 2/14/2012, Chemical Engineer wrote: Smith Offers $1 Million Prize for Successful E-Cat Demo My offer is very simple, which I will restate: I ask you to repeat the March 29, 2011 demonstration purported to show that your E-CAT unit had an output power of many times the input power through LENR (low energy nuclear reactions). As the sole judges as to whether this can be repeated correctly, I suggest we use the two Swedish scientists, Kullander and Essen, as they attended the March 2011 demonstration and wrote a report. I would be happy to cover any reasonable cost of having them flying to Italy to attend the repeat of the demonstration. They can then check the wires (because, as you know, there have been claims that the wiring may have been misconnected) and also the power output of the unit in relation to both the heated water and the steam. I understand the 29 March 2011 demonstration took place over a period of more than six hours and showed a power multiplication of approximately ten times. To make the demonstration test even fairer, I would be happy if the demonstration to qualify for the assignment of the USD1,000,000 were reduced to a five-hour period and with a power multiplication ratio of at least eight times. This will make it very much easier for you to qualify for the USD1,000,000, As far as I am concerned, eight times’ power multiplication through LENRs will solve the world’s power problems for the future. I don't know why he wants to go back to March 29, and not, for example, the Oct 5 (was it?) Heat Exchanger version, and to use steam rather than water. Also, Rossi only guarantees COP=6, not 8. K&E would be fine to supervise ... but I think I'd go with recommendations from Jed (ISTR) to hire an HVAC company to certify the tests with callibrated equipment, etc etc.
