Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy. Retrograde performance: maybe the Coyote rules?

2016-08-30 Thread Alain Sepeda
On the opposite, maybe not specifically in Italy, but results get more and more reliable. for ICCF15 ENEA reported results where success evolved from unreliable to more than 60% success because of cristallography surface choice. as I read the litterature of PdD, it seems more and more reliable for

[Vo]:Article: Startups with novel chemistries tend to falter before they reach full production.

2016-08-30 Thread Che
Why We Still Don’t Have Better Batteries Startups with novel chemistries tend to falter before they reach full production. by Richard Martin August 29, 2016 https://www.technologyreview.com/s/602245/why-we-still-dont-have-better-batteries/

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: Until I see a patent with a claim talking about heat from a nuclear > reaction at low temperatures I assume the block is still in place for > America patents. > You do not understand patents. Talking about a nuclear reaction would be a terrible idea because no one knows what nu

[Vo]:Thermoelectric Materials, Devices and Systems: Technology Assessment

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/02/f19/QTR%20Ch8%20-%20Thermoelectic%20Materials%20TA%20Feb-13-2015.pdf DRAFT – PRE-DECISIONAL –DRAFT – FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY – DRAFT It is surprising what you can find on the Internet. I was looking around to find out whether thermoelectric devices

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
This is Rossi's latest thought on the E-Cat schedule. 1. Andrea Rossi August 30, 2016 at 8:44 AM Eugenio Mieli: 1- continue the manufacturing of the industrial plants: NOW 2- complete the R&D of the Q

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Until I see a patent with a claim talking about heat from a nuclear reaction at low temperatures I assume the block is still in place for America patents. I like the thought of Rossi taking a working QuarkX into the patent office and placing it on the examiner's desk... AA On 8/30/2016 5:20

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: > What I meant by secret stuff were things I didn't know. Of course they > would have to be identified in the patent. > Okay. > I think Rossi's patent attorney did well to get as much as he did past the > "no cold fusion" road block. > He could have gotten anything past t

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Jed, What I meant by secret stuff were things I didn't know. Of course they would have to be identified in the patent. I think Rossi's patent attorney did well to get as much as he did past the "no cold fusion" road block. IN my opinion it would take a major company like Lockheed with polit

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy. Retrograde performance: maybe the Coyote rules?

2016-08-30 Thread David L. Babcock
I am struck by a curious parallel between many investigational endeavors in science, the 'soft sciences', near science, and maybe-science (cold fusion may or may not be in this last category). All are troubled by a sequence comprising initial success, followed by a long irregular slope down int

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: The patent really only covers one design of reactor, that is already > probably dated. > If the patent is inadequate, and it does not protect all of his intellectual property, Rossi should have filed a better patent, or several more. It is up to the inventor to seek adequate in

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
I take it back. You are naive. The patent really only covers one design of reactor, that is already probably dated. If someone could actually patent something that claimed Ni/LAH/Li (plus secret stuff) produced large excess nuclear heat when heated to X C it would blow Rossi's patent out of th

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Jed: "Rossi did not reply to Exhibit 5. If he had given valid, reasonable, believable responses, they would have paid him $85 million. So I do not think he had any valid responses." For crying out loud, he HASN'T filed a response yet. AA ' On 8/30/2016 4:12 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: a.ashfield

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: > I doubt you are that naive. The patent doesn't even mention cold fusion > or LENR because if it had the patent would have been stalled indefinitely.. > It makes no difference whether the patent mentions these things are not. As long as it works (meaning it produces cold fus

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: Court filings are NOT proof. > Okay, but they sure as hell are not "third party hearsay" either. And if these documents are fake it will be catastrophic for I.H., as I said. > Lawyers will try anything with a hope of working. > There is no hope that fake documents would wor

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Jed,. I doubt you are that naive. The patent doesn't even mention cold fusion or LENR because if it had the patent would have been stalled indefinitely.. The use of nickel and H2 will undoubtedly be challenged as he wasn't the first to use them. Just what do you think the patent protects?

[Vo]:U.S. Energy Information Administration, Frequently Asked Questions

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
See: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/ This is a handy source of information about energy, with questions such as: How much of the oil produced in the United States is consumed in the United States? How much oil consumed by the United States comes from foreign countries? How much oil is consumed

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Court filings are NOT proof. Lawyers will try anything with a hope of working. You have not even seen Rpssi's reply to that yet, but it will take a trial to determine the truth. AA On 8/30/2016 3:06 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: a.ashfield mailto:a.ashfi...@verizon.net>> wrote: Third party h

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: The bottom line is that Rossi has no real protection from competition > except to sell the reactors are a very competitive cost. So he cant give > details, nor is it to his advantage to prove it works scientifically. > That is incorrect. He has a patent. If it is valid patent,

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: > Third party hearsay is not going to convince someone like me who is > waiting for provable facts. > Documents filed by I.H. in a court case are not "third party hearsay." Again, you redefine words to mean something they do not mean at all. These are original source document

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Jed, I wouldn't waste my time following this if I didn't think there was a reasonable chance of it working. You are certain it doesn't, so why waste your time on it? Third party hearsay is not going to convince someone like me who is waiting for provable facts. AA On 8/30/2016 1:41 PM, Jed R

[Vo]:the exceptionality and uniqueness of LENR- first part

2016-08-30 Thread Peter Gluck
http://egooutpeters.blogspot.ro/2016/08/aug-30-2016-lenrs-strange.html I still have no idea about who will take the responsibility and represent LENR in the discussions with DoD next month. peter -- Dr. Peter Gluck Cluj, Romania http://egooutpeters.blogspot.com

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > Assuming the claims in Exhibit 5 are correct and the photos in Exhibit 18 > are the photos in Exhibit 26 are real, they are irrefutable proof that the > test was fake. > I meant Exhibits 5 and 26. Not 18. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: > It is indeed possible but you don't have definitive evidence to judge the > performance of the 1 MW plant either. > Yes, I do. Assuming the claims in Exhibit 5 are correct and the photos in Exhibit 18 are the photos in Exhibit 26 are real, they are irrefutable proof that the

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Jed: "It is also possible everything was fake from the start. I do not have enough information to judge." It is indeed possible but you don't have definitive evidence to judge the performance of the 1 MW plant either. The fact remains the accumulating evidence points to LENR in general, and th

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread a.ashfield
Alain, Your point is obscure. The bottom line is that Rossi has no real protection from competition except to sell the reactors are a very competitive cost. So he cant give details, nor is it to his advantage to prove it works scientifically. It has not been a long time to reach market when yo

RE: [Vo]:Article: Electrons with no mass acquire a mass in the presence of a high magnetic field

2016-08-30 Thread Jones Beene
From: Chris Zell >> Massless electrons ? Actually we should call them Weyl Fermions (WF) since >> by definition, the electron has mass and we do not want to ruffle too many >> feathers. And a quick googling indicates high probability that WF have been >> verified by several groups. * Ar

Re: [Vo]:History of cold fusion in Italy

2016-08-30 Thread Jed Rothwell
a.ashfield wrote: But countless times you have said Rossi is a fraud and the COP<1 > Now you're saying the E-Cat maybe worked? > You have not paid attention to what I have said. I think that the 1 MW test was a failure and a fraud, but I have said many times some of the earlier tests might have

RE: [Vo]:Article: Electrons with no mass acquire a mass in the presence of a high magnetic field

2016-08-30 Thread Chris Zell
Massless electrons ? Actually we should call them Weyl Fermions (WF) since by definition, the electron has mass and we do not want to ruffle too many feathers. And a quick googling indicates high probability that WF have been verified by several groups. Are your massless electrons related to