I don't know anyone on this list who has met Rossi.. But Krivit is one of the few people who has met Rossi and watched him run one of his demonstrations. Rossi claimed to be producing kilowatts of steam, while his device was clearly not putting out more than an electric tea kettle. This would have been enough to convince many of us, had we been there, that Rossi was either delusional or a huckster.
We have very little evidence to suggest that Rossi is not a pathological liar, as he has demonstrated nothing concrete. His 3rd party engineer who was picked by the customer was an old acquaintance. I know that some people have reported meeting Rossi and thinking that he appeared to be a nice, sincere, older gentleman.. But unfortunately, that does not mean that he is not delusional. (A quick look on youtube will find dozens of people recounting their encounters with outer space aliens, with straight faces and the utmost sincerity.) Perhaps Rossi has taken the quote of Jean Giraudoux to heart: The *secret* of *success* is *sincerity*. Once you can fake that you've got it made. Krivit is also in a position to hear whispers from people who may have talked with Rossi--perhaps under NDA. And people will understandably talk about LENR because of the fantastic claims that Rossi puts forth. If there was ANY hard evidence that Rossi had "closed the loop" or even generated significant energy over time, that kind of information would leak so fast it would be unstoppable. The financial markets would be quick to capitalize on any disruption to the status quo of big oil. Last I checked, all oil stocks are doing well. As far as professional suicide goes... I don't think it will apply.. Its nice that someone takes a stand for their position and puts their livelihoods and reputations on the line.. - Brad On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 1:10 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > This may have been reported here already. Anyway, see the comment here: > > http://skeptoid.com/blog/2013/02/26/lenr-a-bright-future-part-1/ > > QUOTE > > "And as far as Rossi, that story is over." > > > http://newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/RossiECat/Andrea-Rossi-Energy-Catalyzer-Investigation-Index.shtml > > You have to hand it to Steve Krivit. He does not fear to stick his neck > out and make harsh assertions. If Rossi is telling the truth and an > impartial review of his machine is published next month, Krivit will have > egg on his face. I have no idea whether that will happen or not. But even > if I was 99% sure it will not happen, I would see no point in riling up > Rossi or making myself look like a fool if it turns out I am wrong. It does > not seem important enough to pick a fight about. > > In the document at New Energy Times linked above, Krivit also attacks > McKubre: > > "Rossi had found natural allies among a group of scientists who had been > fighting a losing battle for two decades to get the world to believe in > their idea of "cold fusion." One of the more prominent of these scientists > had even played around with data in order to give the appearance that "cold > fusion" was real. (Michael McKubre's "M4" Experiment) [ > http://newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/McKubreM4/McKubre-Experiment-M4.shtml] > Rossi also spent time building a fan base through his blog. . . ." > > He has some basis for his attack on Rossi. His statements are McKubre are > amateur nonsense. Mere misunderstandings. And again, they seem pointless to > me. Why make enemies? Even if you suspect McKubre has done what Krivit > claims, why make a big deal about it? Who cares? If the data is wrong for > any reason -- mistake or fraud -- that will be revealed sooner or later. > What I mean is that Krivit is not the only person who has seen the data. He > arrived at his conclusions by his own analysis, not on the basis of inside > information. There are no secrets involved. So if Krivit is correct, it is > inevitable that others will see what he means and come agree with him. > > To put it another way, if McKubre is lying, he has done it in a peculiar > way. He left the evidence of his guilt out in the open where even an > amateur like Krivit can find it. > > The biggest fraud I know of in the history of cold fusion is the MIT data, > and that was more farce than fraud. It is was unimportant. Gene Mallove was > upset about it, but I thought it was silly. > > - Jed > >
