I got a chance to read this article. It is mostly about Rossi, and only a little about other researchers.
It is mostly a human interest story about Rossi and his many annoying quirks and habits. After the author went all the way to Italy to interview Rossi, Rossi abruptly cancelled. Then argued for a day, then un-cancelled and met. It sounds typical of Rossi. Then the author went to meet and interview some "skeptics" who knew nothing about cold fusion. They dismissed researchers as a bunch of no-account amateurs. They apparently have not read anything and they know nothing about the results. They dismiss the claims because the heat far exceeds the limits of chemistry. That is the very reason the researchers think the effect is real! The seem unaware of the contradiction. I think it is a waste of time talking to such people, but I am glad their views have been published in the mass media. The last section describes a visit with Celani before he went to Texas. It is generally positive. There are no technical details in this article. There are some mistakes, such as the claim that Rossi's degree is from Kensington U. in California. That is a fake PhD. He has a genuine engineering degree from an Italian university. (I do not recall which one.) There is no doubt that Rossi is a skilled, accomplished engineer with many important inventions to his name, including some lucrative ones such as his biofuel Diesel engines. The author of this article attended the Williamsburg conference and was surprised that no one there flat out called Rossi a scammer. I think he failed to understand it is no great leap for the people at that conference to accept that Rossi is probably right. It is no big deal. Just about everyone at that conference has seen the cold fusion effect first-hand, including me. We have no doubt at all that cold fusion itself is real. We also think it is likely the Ni-H version works. A lot of us (including me) respect Piantelli and Focardi. Based on that, it is reasonable to conclude that Rossi's claims are probably true. His tests have been ludicrous as everyone knows, but convincing nonetheless. The very same thing can be said for the light water tests by Patterson. Rossi is a terribly annoying prima donna, but so is Arata, and so were many other important scientists and other important people in history. Such as Gen. George Custer and Gen. George Patton. They were both superb generals, but they were such out-of-control egomanics and jerks that Custer got himself and his men killed for no reason, and Patton almost got himself fired for slapping a soldier in a hospital. You do not want to judge Rossi's claims with reference to Rossi's personality or his legal problems. The guy makes more trouble for himself than anyone I have ever encountered, with the possible exception of Russ George who is apparently conducting a gigantic illegal experiment in the ocean. - Jed
