-----Original Message----- From: a.ashfield > You seem to have a down on BLP. My take is kinder.
Be kind but not blind. You have not suffered through 24 years of continual disappointment, hyperbole, arrogance and double talk. When one insists on controlling information flow in order to raise ever more investment - that is NOT science, it is hucksterism. Will the video change that assessment? Actually, I hope so and want to see BLP succeed but those who choose not to remember the past - are doomed to repeat it. Please remember that for many years - myself, Robin and Mike were persistent voices of support for Mills on vortex. We were following this niche before there was a BLP. It was called HydroCatalysis, Inc. back then. And it looked fabulous. Mills' papers were a cut above anything in LENR, his experiments were professional and he was being published in Fusion Technology, which was more highly respected than today. The Thermacore work was especially compelling because they had their own patent, and the work for the Air Force seemed to validate everything. Mills had money and LENR was operating on a shoestring. Mills was promising real products, not prototypes. Things changed for me after two many failed promises and too many missed opportunities, going back over a decade. Not to mention the sudden appearance of Rossi, who even with all his baggage was showing something exciting and even Millsean. The Capstone microturbine fiasco was particularly catastrophic for Mills reputation - because of the publicity and interviews, where Randy was promising a prime energy producing product in six months, and that was widely circulated. A lot of people thought Mills was the new Dirac at the time, if not the techno-messiah. It is not so much that Mills failed to deliver on the Capstone project - but that it was the tip of a giant iceberg with many more false promises to come. After a significant number of repeat failures - the suspicion that RM could be little more than a well-educated PT Barnum had to be addressed. Now we have the stark contrast with Rossi, who had less credibility at first, even more scorn from the mainstream, a Barnum personality and trouble with the law. But when push comes to shove Rossi can deliver - when Mills can do little more than go silent on past failures. The demo yesterday had all the ear markings of an old time Tent Revival, hastily put together for nervous investors by a charismatic but failing Prophet - who has to reassure his flock that the megabucks already tithed was put to good work. Pass the collection plate, brother & Praise the Lord. In fact, there is little indication that there is anything more than new labels to show for all of that investment. Did I mention that those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it? Is Rossi really in production? That is the question we should be asking ourselves today on Vortex - not when is Mills going to have something beyond vapor ware. Jones
