I wrote:
> I have no objection. On the contrary, Ly Sig has performed a valuable > service here, reminding us that many people oppose everything about cold > fusion, even an on-line library of papers. > That sounds egotistical, as if I meant that an attack on me is an attack on cold fusion. What I meant is: Ly Sig says I should not collect donations for LENR-CANR.org. I should pay for the whole thing myself. That is tantamount to saying it is not worth having. At least, he sees no need for it. No one else should bother assisting me me or helping to pay for it. If you are not willing to pay for a service, and you think it is an affront that the person providing it even asks for payment, you must have pretty low opinion of that service. I invite Ly Sig to get all of these papers on his own from other sources. Not NewEnergyTimes either, since most of their papers are copied from LENR-CANR.org. Park and many other opponents say things like this: "If the cold fusion researchers want to do this, fine, let them. But we should not give them any grant money or even let them work on the clock at their labs. Let them do it at home on their own time." That is tantamount saying, "this research should not be allowed." You can't do experiments after hours at home. LENR-CANR is a much smaller deal than even the smallest research project. It calls for a small office, a desk, two computers, a scanner, a couple of filing cabinets, and travel expenses. It has to be an office away from home with no distractions or I will waste the whole day reading books and dithering. It does not cost much, but it ain't free either. People download 400,000 papers a year, so the cost is roughly 2 cents per download. Plus I do not charge authors for editing and various other services, and I have some other business here, part time. To be fair, I would say it is about a penny per download. I am moving to a smaller office down the hall, which will reduce expenses by $2000 per year. Internet used to be a major expense but bandwidth is now very cheap. - Jed
