Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
Finally! Thanks for keeping tabs on this, Steve. Just remember folks: any publicity is good publicity, or as a British writer put it, it's always good to see your name in the papers, other than in the obituaries. (And cold fusion has been in the obits countless times.) - Jed
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
Finally! Thanks for keeping tabs on this, Steve. Just remember folks: any publicity is good publicity, or as a British writer put it, it's always good to see your name in the papers, other than in the obituaries. (And cold fusion has been in the obits countless times.) - Jed Steve, or Jed Any speculation as to why 60 Minutes has decided, now, to do an article on this subject? Was there a specific tipping point, or have they been quietly watching this field for some time now. Cumulative effect? I would love to know whom they have interviewed. Guess we shall soon know. My sense is that it will probably be a positive installment. 60 M often seems to side with the underdog. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
Here is the LENR-CANR news section announcement. Note that I included the link to the CBS website announcement. CBS 60 Minutes reports on cold fusion April 2009 The CBS newsmagazine 60 minutes will report on cold fusion on April 19, 2009. See: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtmlhttp://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1998/07/08/60minutes/main13502.shtml COLD FUSION IS HOT AGAIN - Presented in 1989 as a revolutionary new source of energy, cold fusion was quickly dismissed as junk science. But today, the buzz among scientists is that these experiments produce a real physical effect that could lead to monumental breakthroughs in energy production. Scott Pelley reports. Denise Schrier Cetta is the producer. A detailed description of the broadcast is here: http://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2009/60MinutesTurnsUptheHeat.shtmlhttp://newenergytimes.com/v2/news/2009/60MinutesTurnsUptheHeat.shtml CBS asked Prof. Robert Duncan to do an independent evaluation of the literature and to visit researchers and experiments. Duncan has not performed cold fusion experiments himself and had the impression that the original claims were mistaken. He now says I am convinced that this excess-heat effect is real. Most experts who have conducted independent evaluations of cold fusion have concluded the effect is real, notably Garwin, and Gerisher, who wrote: In spite of my earlier conclusion, -- and that of the majority of scientists, -- that the phenomena reported by Fleischmann and Pons in 1989 depended either on measurement errors or were of chemical origin, there is now undoubtedly overwhelming indications that nuclear processes take place in the metal alloys. See: http://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GerischerHiscoldfusi.pdfhttp://lenr-canr.org/acrobat/GerischerHiscoldfusi.pdf
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
OrionWorks wrote: Any speculation as to why 60 Minutes has decided, now, to do an article on this subject? They have been working on it since before ICCF14. I do not know what triggered their interest at this particular time but I know they have been in contact with many researchers such as Mike Melich over the years. People like Melich have done a lot for the field, cultivating interest in high places. The people at CBS do their homework, unlike many other reporters. It must have cost them a fortune to produce this short segment. I would love to know whom they have interviewed. Guess we shall soon know. Krivit's coverage mentions the person I think is most important: Robert Duncan. Not that I consider him the preeminent expert on anything like that but he is an outsider to the field which gives him credibility. Of course now that he says he believes it, the skeptics will say he is an insider who has lost all credibility. Krivit mentioned that fellow Dwight Williams from the Discovery Channel broadcast: http://science.discovery.com/videos/brink-news-evidence-of-nuclear-fusion.html I wrote about him elsewhere (or was it here?): This show is generally supportive, but the interviewer talks to a DOE physicist Dr. Dwight Williams, who claims that cold fusion was never replicated. Clearly he did not bother to read the peer-reviewed literature. Scientists get their information from the mass media as often as anyone. They seldom bother to look at journal papers. - Jed
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Steven Krivit stev...@newenergytimes.com wrote: Why now? Could it be because the Oilies are Out of Office? Oh! Terry
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
In reply to OrionWorks's message of Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:39:22 -0500: Hi, [snip] Steve, or Jed Any speculation as to why 60 Minutes has decided, now, to do an article on this subject? Was there a specific tipping point, or have they been quietly watching this field for some time now. Cumulative effect? I would love to know whom they have interviewed. Guess we shall soon know. My guess, for what it's worth is that the recent announcement of evidence of fast neutrons has rocked the boat here and there, and tipped a few people who were doubtful over the line. The fact that this evidence is being produced in government labs doesn't harm the cause. [snip] Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
oh yeah, almost forgot about that. At 01:21 PM 4/17/2009, you wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Steven Krivit stev...@newenergytimes.com wrote: Why now? Could it be because the Oilies are Out of Office? Oh! Terry
Re: [Vo]:...CBS TV's 60 Minutes Turns Up the Heat
At 01:21 PM 4/17/2009, you wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Steven Krivit stev...@newenergytimes.com wrote: Why now? Could it be because the Oilies are Out of Office? Oh! Terry Terry...why CBS? why now? Something just fired in my neuro-net...Pure speculationI vaguely recall some incident with Dan Rather and Bob Park some years ago...I wonder if this is CBS' serving of crow Steve
