James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> if an extremely wealthy person such as Bill Gates believed that cold >> fusion is real, he would be crazy no to invest in it. >> > > Assuming he was not doing it for philanthropic purposes, wouldn't he be > crazy to let anyone know he was investing in it? > I would find out. People such as Ed Storms and McKubre would find out. It is a small world. People are not going to do research without word getting out. I may not know where the money is coming from, but if someone starts spending millions per year on cold fusion, they will have to hire grad students and consult with people, and word will get out. If you are a billionaire but you are only going to spend tens of thousands instead of millions, I might not hear about it. An investor who does not spend millions is wasting his money. If we could get somewhere with shoestring budgets, we would have made progress years ago. If someone asked me "what kind of research can I do with $50,000?" I would say go to the racetrack and bet the money. You will have more chance of making a profit than you would putting the money in cold fusion. - Jed
