RE: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-09 Thread Jarold McWilliams
jabow...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Socialism has always failed because it merely replaces private sector rent-seeking with public sector rent-seeking. You have to disintermediate the public sector bureaucracy with a citizen's dividend. On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Jarold McWilli

RE: [Vo]:A new economic system will be needed in the next 20 to 100 years

2012-10-09 Thread Jarold McWilliams
This economic system has already been developed. It is called socialism, or what some people would call communism. When there is no more need for human labor, it is obvious that governments are going to have to allocate resources. Capitalism obviously won't work. Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 17:36

RE: [Vo]:Celani ICCF17 Presentation

2012-08-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Will cold fusion finally go mainstream after this ICCF-17? Celani has done independent testing, right? I'm not very familiar with how science becomes accepted mainstream, but I do not understand why it is taking so long. > From: mix...@bigpond.com > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [V

Re: [Vo]:In the foodsteps of Jules Verne

2012-04-10 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I think rail assisted launch is a lot more realistic right now than a space elevator. However, an 80 mile $60 billion tube is too big of a project at this point. A much more feasible approach would be to find a mountain over a mile high with the right angle and build it so the g forces are rea

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster -- 34 meter tsunamis?

2012-04-03 Thread Jarold McWilliams
You really think people know what they want? The vast majority of people don't think cold fusion is possible, and an even larger amount don't care and focus on issues that don't matter. Most people reject cold fusion, so we should invest no money into it because it would be a waste of money?

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster

2012-04-02 Thread Jarold McWilliams
If we decide to get rid of nuclear and coal in favor of wind and solar, a millions of people will die of starvation. Our GDP would decrease by half. I'd rather take a "risk" that a nuclear reactor explodes or a coal mine collapses than the alternative. On Apr 2, 2012, at 4:16 PM, Jed Rothwe

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster

2012-04-02 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Greenpeace is not a credible source. On Apr 2, 2012, at 3:24 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > I wrote: > > The replacement cost of the equipment would be ~$692 billion, which is > roughly how much the Fukushima disaster will cost. > > As Greenpeace pointed out, by coincidence this is roughly the cost

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster

2012-04-02 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Where do you keep getting this $600 billion dollar number? Most of the sources I've seen say it's around $50 billion. And Tepco is the 4th largest electric utility in the world, not the 1st. Adding Chernobyl to nuclear's safety record is unfair. Chernobyl just showed what can happen to a nu

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster

2012-03-31 Thread Jarold McWilliams
12, at 10:19 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Jarold McWilliams wrote: > > Nuclear is just as safe, if not more, than both of them. > > Evidently not. The Fukushima accident proved it is not safe. Just because it > did not kill people right away that does not make it safe. It will l

Re: [Vo]:The Fukushima disaster

2012-03-31 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Nuclear is just as safe, if not more, than both of them. On Mar 31, 2012, at 8:27 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Alan Fletcher wrote: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Francis_Dam -- 1929 ? > > ... the current death toll is estimated to be more than 600 victims . . . > > A concrete dam failur

Re: [Vo]:Are oil companies suppressing cold fusion? Probably not, but I am sure they will.

2012-03-30 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Fukishima disaster? How many people died in this disaster? 3 so far, 0 from radiation.How much was the damage to property? How many people died when a renewable energy dam broke? About 1,000 and probably about the same economic damage with the homes washed away. There were also fires at

Re: [Vo]:Are oil companies suppressing cold fusion? Probably not, but I am sure they will.

2012-03-30 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I am not a republican, and I think global warming is a sham. According to your theories, couldn't global warming just be a ploy to get more money out of consumers? The climate always changes. Even in a worst case scenario predicted by some scientists, it will not end in the apocalypse like so

Re: [Vo]:Brillouin Energy making waves

2012-03-30 Thread Jarold McWilliams
people have to be working 40 hours a week in a society with nearly free energy and seemingly endless resources. On Mar 30, 2012, at 3:22 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Jarold McWilliams wrote: > > The world can't run on oil forever, and hopefully it is not going to much > longer

Re: [Vo]:Brillouin Energy making waves

2012-03-30 Thread Jarold McWilliams
well wrote: > Jarold McWilliams wrote: > > Things change. They're [oil companies] going to have to adapt, and if they > do, they can come out ahead. There is not much profit to be made for cold > fusion fuel, but they can produce the reactors instead. > > Oil companie

Re: [Vo]:Brillouin Energy making waves

2012-03-29 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Things change. They're going to have to adapt, and if they do, they can come out ahead. There is not much profit to be made for cold fusion fuel, but they can produce the reactors instead. Maybe they can take a large part of the transportation sector with cold fusion as the power source. Yes

Re: [Vo]:the desktop supernova

2012-03-28 Thread Jarold McWilliams
This is a private message. Are you the same Axil on other energy websites like focus fusion and thorium reactors? On Mar 28, 2012, at 11:02 PM, Axil Axil wrote: > His *technique* is one that will produce, if it works, extremely high > temperatures through bubble collapse. Absolutely, this is no

[Vo]:George Miley

2012-03-23 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Is there anything new on George Miley's conference that was supposed to be today?

Re: [Vo]:March 22, 23

2012-03-18 Thread Jarold McWilliams
cy is good. If cold fusion is shown to work in the mainsteam, there is no question there will be virtually unlimited resources poured into it. On Mar 17, 2012, at 9:04 AM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Jarold McWilliams wrote: > > I agree that it needs to be relatively safe if you are going to s

Re: [Vo]:March 22, 23

2012-03-16 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I agree that it needs to be relatively safe if you are going to sell it, but you don't need a theory to prove it is safe. If he really has a device that can produce power at commercial levels, I don't want to see time wasted on explaining the theory of how the reaction works before he can sell

[Vo]:March 22, 23

2012-03-16 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Does anybody think anything will happen with the LENR colloquium at CERN on the 22nd or George Miley's presentation on the 23rd of March? I really don't know what happens at these type of events. Is cold fusion going to finally be pushed into the mainstream?

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Forum Closed

2012-03-01 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I don't think the skepticism was bad at all on their forums. I also don't think it is the reason they shut down the forum. Why wouldn't they just ban them? The only thing anyone should care about at this point is independent verification. I don't know what they were expecting from a forum.

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-03-01 Thread Jarold McWilliams
rd prizes are really effective. The > Orteig prize won by Lindbergh was only $25,000 but generated investment of > over $400,000. Smith's prize which is not paid to the LENR > researcher/inventor does not even create this stimulus. > > Ransom > - Original Message ---

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-03-01 Thread Jarold McWilliams
is proven. I do think he is kind of stupid with the protocols he was expecting Defkalion to make though. On Mar 1, 2012, at 10:32 AM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 10:56 AM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: >> If cold fusion is real, Dick Smith immediately makes millio

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-03-01 Thread Jarold McWilliams
s fair offer, he would have been one of the independent entities in > testing Hyperions. > > Of course it is plausible, that losing $one million had been such a shock, > that he would have hidden the results in shame and never publish them... > >—Jouni > > On 1 Mar

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-02-29 Thread Jarold McWilliams
roduct, because it is close > to AR`s 1MW test. I will apply the same date to DGT. > > 2012/3/1 Jarold McWilliams > DGT may not owe us anything, but I don't owe them anything either. Defkalion > has shown us nothing, and Rossi just had some demos that he was in complete

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-02-29 Thread Jarold McWilliams
What if DGT didn't have any tests? We'll never get results because these visiting entities might not even exist. Why can't DGT release the test results without the entities, but just don't mention who the entities are? This doesn't prove they have anything, but it's a start, and there is no r

Re: [Vo]:DGT's 1st test did not test power, just safety (NyTeknik)

2012-02-29 Thread Jarold McWilliams
DGT may not owe us anything, but I don't owe them anything either. Defkalion has shown us nothing, and Rossi just had some demos that he was in complete control of. I don't owe them any patience, though I will still wait until March 31. If nothing happens by then, there is no reason for me to

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion shutting down their forum .. again

2012-02-29 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Yes, I don't know why they had the forum in the first place. What are they expecting if they aren't willing to do an independent test? I didn't think the posts on the forum were that bad for any party. I didn't think the skepticism was unreasonable, but I did think running a forum was pretty

RE: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Do you really think that if the U.S. government had the power to forbid implementation of cold fusion, that they wouldn't realize a cold fusion device is headed for the market? From: oldja...@hotmail.com To: hoyt.stea...@gmail.com; vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Test day in Gre

RE: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Do you really think that if the U.S. government had the power to forbid implementation of cold fusion, that they wouldn't realize a cold fusion device is headed for the market? From: hoyt.stea...@gmail.com To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2

RE: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Jarold McWilliams
chnology stolen if it benefits the planet have no moral authority to compalin if an evil person steals from them. Theft is theft. From: Jarold McWilliams To: thesteornpa...@yahoo.com Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 6:41 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time Can't som

Re: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Jarold McWilliams
If everyone was better off, including yourself, you'd still follow your "values"? I completely disagree with this. All I care about is making people's lives better. On Feb 24, 2012, at 12:32 PM, noone noone wrote: > When it comes to sticking to my principles, it does not matter what people

Re: [Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-24 Thread Jarold McWilliams
That's not going to happen. Almost everyone who has made a lot of money off of new technology has stolen it from someone else. If Rossi really does have something, I hope he does get the money and fame he deserves, but I'm much more concerned about getting this product out to the public as soo

[Vo]:Test day in Greece time

2012-02-23 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I thought I'd bring the discussion back on topic a little bit. Not too long before the testing starts. It is now the day of the test and if the Hyperion performs as claimed, it is the moment society has needed for a long time. We probably won't get very good results at least for a few days, b

Re: [Vo]:Dick Deal Dead

2012-02-21 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I agree. At least Defkalion looked into it unlike Rossi, and I can respect them for at least trying to make it work. Smith's criteria were pretty ridiculous. He really needs to get someone who knows what they are talking about and work out a deal with Defkalion. On Feb 21, 2012, at 2:13 PM, D

Re: [Vo]:Simple Genius: This "Says it all!"

2012-02-18 Thread Jarold McWilliams
gt; > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 12:48 AM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: > The problem with all of that is the ones who work the least are the ones with > the most money. > > It's only a problem to you. > > Do you think Buffet really worked a million times harder than

Re: [Vo]:Simple Genius: This "Says it all!"

2012-02-17 Thread Jarold McWilliams
gt; change in these areas for many decades. > > Eric > > > On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 1:07 PM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: > I agree with you that science and technology is the most important for growth > in society. The only way to improve the economy is to impr

Re: [Vo]:Simple Genius: This "Says it all!"

2012-02-17 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I agree with you that science and technology is the most important for growth in society. The only way to improve the economy is to improve science and technology. Average people and average business owners don't see the benefits of improvements in technology. Average people can only think ab

Re: [Vo]:1 MW customer

2012-02-17 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Thank you. I've been following this for quite a while and have not seen anything mentioned about it. If I wouldn't have asked multiple times, it would have probably been ignored and never answered. You said you forgot about it. A good sign of a scam is distracting and delaying which is what

Re: [Vo]:Simple Genius: This "Says it all!"

2012-02-16 Thread Jarold McWilliams
The problem with all of that is the ones who work the least are the ones with the most money. Do you think Buffet really worked a million times harder than the average person? Socialism does not mean equality, but I really don't think Buffet deserves to make a million times more just because h

Re: [Vo]:1 MW customer

2012-02-16 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Board of Director's first decisions will > be to remove Rossi from his Public Relations duties and move him to internal > special projects... If the technology works he should be recognized for his > contributions to the LENR field and definitely not the PR field. > > On Th

Re: [Vo]:1 MW customer

2012-02-16 Thread Jarold McWilliams
No sneering? I'm not trying to mock anything. I just have a question that I'd like answered. On Feb 15, 2012, at 8:00 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 8:53 PM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: >> When are we going to get information about the non-secretive

[Vo]:1 MW customer

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
When are we going to get information about the non-secretive 1 MW customer? I believe Rossi said he had a customer in 3 months time right after the October 28th demonstration who was not confidential. It has now been over 3 months, and I haven't heard anything new since then.

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Testing

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I can prove that I've had it since April, 2010, but I think I've had it since about 2008. On Feb 15, 2012, at 6:38 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: > >> Just more useless speculation that you are wrong about. I wa

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Testing

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
n on your self-imposed deadline date? > > Regards, > Patrick > > On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 8:17 AM, Jarold McWilliams > wrote: > I've been on the fence until just a couple of days ago when I heard Rossi's > terrible excuse for not even giving Smith's propo

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Testing

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Just more useless speculation that you are wrong about. I was on DGT while MY was there, and I told her/him to be more patient until more information was released. Rossi refused to do something that he said he was going to do. On Feb 15, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Terry Blanton wrote: > On Wed, Feb 15,

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Testing

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
of us… > > If it makes you feel good, just call it a fraud and move on… nothing to see > here. > > -Mark > > From: Jarold McWilliams [mailto:oldja...@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 10:48 AM > To: vortex-l@eskimo.com > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Defk

Re: [Vo]:Do you think Rossi will still be too busy?

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
Rossi is either ignorant, or he is a blatant liar. Either way, it doesn't look good. Now, that doesn't mean he doesn't have an LENR device, but he loses all credibility from me. It would be no different if I claimed to have a working cold fusion device and am working with a secret customer.

Re: [Vo]:Defkalion Testing

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
I have been very patient with all of this. I was willing to wait until March 31, and even then I wouldn't consider it 100% fraud with no tests. Rossi is a liar if he doesn't even look into conducting a test with Smith, and there is no reason to believe anything he says with no proof. On Feb 15

Re: [Vo]:Do you think Rossi will still be too busy?

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
What was the point in the 1 MW sales then if he didn't need the money? Couldn't he have partnered with someone without the wasted time on the 1 MW plant? You really don't think his customers are reverse engineering his technology if it is a 64 trillion dollar business? Dick Smith is just anot

Re: [Vo]:Do you think Rossi will still be too busy?

2012-02-15 Thread Jarold McWilliams
There is absolutely no excuse why Rossi wouldn't accept this offer. I was sitting on the fence with Rossi, but now I'm leaning more towards him being a fraud. It is a million dollars for a simple test. It would be a much better use of his time than writing about snakes and clowns on his blog.