Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote:
> However, as you imply, Charlie is a definite long shot unless he is > emblematic of a new business strategy… but it is not out of the question > that Sutherland has build a few Ecats to provide process heat. > Where did you get the idea this person is involved? Just from the ecatmotor article? This is mainly speculation, I think. More speculation -- People who run small start up companies are often quite capable of doing various things, or finding someone who can. Soap manufacturing is probably more complicated than most of us appreciate. The company doing the Martin Fleischmann Memorial Project could handle this. I'll bet they could do it as well as General Motors or Mitsubishi could, in one-tenth the time. They do not have many employees. I doubt that a plumber could made a low temp e-cat in a day. But I agree the powder is the secret sauce. Once you have the specs for the reactor any skilled person should be able to make it. If I read Rossi's memo correctly, someone in the US independently fabricated the powder as well. I assume that would be some specialty firm, not the soap company. They need only small quantities of powder at this stage, so it would not take a major company. - Jed
