While the Capronismo is humorous (did they envision ground effect?) the comparison really isn't fair. Rossi's 1MW heat plant is low complexity and makes a lot of sense from the standpoint of industrial learning curve:
Base it on a standard unit of replication with a minimal connecting infrastructure so that you can get the volume advantages. Only if there are substantial economies of scale in the core unit does it make sense to increase its size. If you want to ridicule Rossi, find another way to do it. On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 9:44 AM, Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > *From:* Jed Rothwell **** > > ** ** > > **Ø **The megawatt reactor looks impressive to such people as well. To > me, it looks like a gigantic white elephant. It is a distraction, and an > absurd waste of time and effort… but I would no more crank up the whole > thing than I would try to fly the Caproni Ca-60 Transaereo 'Capronismo' -- > a similar product of grandiose Italian engineering**** > > ** ** > > Ha! … LOL we have talked about this marvel before – and as being the > perfect “Rossi metaphor”. **** > > ** ** > > For those who do not have the mental image, hold onto your hats – This is > the mega-Cat with wings.**** > > http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/aircraft-pictures/CaproniCa_60large.jpg* > *** > > ** ** > > ** ** >
