Vorticians.
We have played the "deconstructing Rossi" game before on vortex - which is to say, trying to look for hidden motives - which could have been there all along, but the overall scenario has been intentionally clouded by conduct which is puzzling at best, and self-destructive at worst. Here is a surprising picture of the hidden motives of Rossi - which fits the current facts of the E-Cat, with greater emphasis on the early work and less on the recent boondoggle. It may make him sound more like a genius than a scoundrel, and he is certainly a bit of both. This is supposition based on believing some of Rossi-speak, but not all of it. First, realize that the around the time of Big Blue in Bologna - the shipping crate loaded with E-Cats, there was actually better evidence for higher COP than at present. Why would any sane Inventor go from a more robust experiment to a less robust version - other than to confuse and to "buy time"? Thus, here is a deconstruction of Rossi, which makes him look better than he deserves, but answers all of the outstanding questions succinctly. 1) The HotCat in the Levi report was never intended to be anything other than a planned deception. There is little or no gain. It is nothing but a red herring. 2) The low temperature E-Cat is the focus of research and always has been. 3) The so-called megawatt unit is actually NOW a commercial product, purpose-designed for space-heating to serve the Asian market - particularly northern China 4) This is a billion dollar market, currently being served by burning coal which is killing the population with it toxicity in the winter months. 5) The second iteration of the Blue Box for China will contain about 100+ low temp E-Cat sub-units, each with average COP of about 2, but staged in such a way that the net COP is infinite (which is simple to do, when they can be heat-triggered). 6) The Blue Box will be pre-fueled to provide 6 months of winter-time heat, after which it will be replaced (swapped out) for the next season. It is strictly a thermal device with too low a temperature for electrical conversion. 7) The average heat availability will probably be in the range of 500 kW-thermal per hour range with a 4000 hour lifetime at 200 C. This is to be used purely for space heating. 8) The technology is and always has been derived from Thermacore and BLP but that is not a concern for the Chinese market. It is completely non-nuclear. 9) In China, the cost for this heat will actually be considerably more than for the coal which it replaces, but air pollution is such a strong concern there over there that as many 10,000 of the Blue Boxes will be required for Beijing alone. They would like to start shipping soon. 10) It should be no surprise to learn that the Chinese partner is gearing up for full production now, with commercial product to be available this winter. 11) There is almost no real market in the USA for this device - as natural gas is cheap, clean and the supply is growing, due to advances in fracking. And no one wants litigation from BLP so this is an Asia-only product (northern Europe may depend on whether Russia is a credible natural gas supplier) 12) The entire scenario of the HotCat can now be seen as nothing more than a brilliant deception- which was positioned only to give a year or two of extra time for Rossi. With significant cash flow to come in from China, Rossi will try to find a way to make what is essentially the technology of Randell Mills available in the USA. With apologies to Harry Block. (BTW - my spell checker wants to substitute "morticians" for "vorticians" which I find amusing in light of what is really an autopsy of a dead report) Jones
