Jed, funding is not available from conventional sources because these
sources do not believe the effect is real. Consequently, the money
must come from private individuals. Such people have funded work of
various people, including myself, for a long time, but now even their
patience has run out in most cases. Such people have many ways to
spend their money. An often failed claim being made in irrational ways
does not provide an attractive option. If I had not studied the
literature and seen the effect occur in person, I would not want
anything to do with this field.
Furthermore, the next step would require a lot of money, which is only
attracted to success in making heat, not to basic science. Normally,
the required studies would be done at government laboratories or at a
large commercial laboratory using grants from conventional sources.
Because "science" does not accept the claims, this money is not
available and the large laboratories are not interested. A few
people have had enough success to attract private investors, but this
work is not focused on basic understanding. Instead, it is focused on
making a product that can be sold. I believe this approach is doomed
to failure until the basic science is understood. But, I'm not in a
position to convince anyone of my prediction. They will simply have to
suffer the frustration we all have experienced, after which they will
give up or hopefully come to someone with knowledge for advice. The
irony is that when some money is available from government sources
(NASA), the theory having the least chance of success is chosen for
test. My personal frustration is that after having spent 24 years
studying every paper, doing hundreds of experiments, and writing
dozens of papers, my opinion about the best path to follow has no more
weight than anyone else. I can see no more that can be done to get
funding until someone can make the effect occur without fail at a high
level. This will eventually happen, but meanwhile I need to use my
time more productively.
Ed
On Mar 23, 2013, at 9:40 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote:
DJ Cravens <[email protected]> wrote:
I also am afraid that the time for individual work in this area is
about over. I have done most of the experiments that are within my
equipment and budget range. The key is in the materials and I just
don't have the resources for that game down at the small scale where
work needs to be done. . . .
So I will let them do what they do and I will slowly do things at
my own pace and hope for the best. I have a few long shots that I
need to try in the lab. I will try to have my fun and let the "big
boys" with big money do the big things.
I understand your frustration, but I cannot understand why you take
no steps to get proper funding. You say you have seen promising
results, and I certainly believe you.
You need to write a professional paper. You need to invite qualified
experts to your lab. You need to solicit enough funding to do the
research properly. If you will not take these steps, your work will
be forgotten, you will have wasted 20 years, and you will have no
one to blame but yourself.
Ed Storms, Pam Boss and others have published and done their best to
persuade others their work is valid. If they are not funded, the
decision makers in the Navy and elsewhere are to blame.
Seek and thou shalt find; ask, and it shall be given unto thee.
- Jed
