RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Mark Iverson
ng stop them assuming they can solve the mystery. -Mark -Original Message- From: Jones Beene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 3:41 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. Mark, Interesting

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
Mark, Interesting story, and maybe it is a premonition of what the lame excuse from Rossi will be if there is no megawatt demo in October. Rothwell can whine, hem, and haw all day about how he believes in his heart-of-hearts that the sordid TEG business with LTI was not a true scam, but since he

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Mark Iverson
I said: "Perhaps its because Rossi hadn't given them the proper recipe for making the TE devices?" Let me explain a bit more... I've been following (and occasionally helping) with a colleague's company that has carbon-based photovoltaic cells that are consistently getting 40% more power than Sh

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Just to clarify, Mark Iverson wrote: Jones writes: "Here is a sanitized version of the story cleansed by LTI, but the true grit is worse than this sounds. Bottom of Page 5 is where it gets interesting:" http://dodfuelcell.cecer.army.mil/library_items/Thermo%282004%29.pdf Frankly, I'd prefer t

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Regarding the latest on-going spat between Jed & Jones ... Jed recently sed: > ... I suggest you [Jones] treat this more like a scientific discussion and > less like a legal proceedings, what with "the best available evidence" ... It's my understanding that Mr. Beene was at one time a lawyer.

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Terry Blanton wrote: The ECat in the reporter's video actually has two H valves of different types. I noticed that. That's what I was thinking about. I don't know a thing about them, but the ones used by Miles and Mizuno to study the gas are uniform and they look like they are of higher quali

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Mark Iverson
Jones writes: "Here is a sanitized version of the story cleansed by LTI, but the true grit is worse than this sounds. Bottom of Page 5 is where it gets interesting:" http://dodfuelcell.cecer.army.mil/library_items/Thermo%282004%29.pdf Frankly, I'd prefer to read the unsanitized 'true grit'! Its

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: Then you are essentially blind to his past misdeeds, and essentially pandering, as I have said repeatedly. You have said it, but you have not demonstrated how he might fool a thermocouple or make a flow of water seem to be many times faster than it is. Machines do not resp

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread noone noone
:50 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. -Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell > At this point in time, Rossi's statements, efforts or 'clues' can be argued > to >be almost immaterial to further progress in t

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > It does have only one gas connection. I do not know if the stopcocks are > adequate for the job. The ECat in the reporter's video actually has two H valves of different types. T

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell > At this point in time, Rossi's statements, efforts or 'clues' can be argued > to be almost immaterial to further progress in the USA, since nothing he says > can be trusted. JR ... I see no evidence that he cannot be trusted. Frankly, you seem to

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > It does have only one gas connection. I do not know if the stopcocks are > adequate for the job. > As opposed to an electrochemical cell which typically leaks out of several holes and the lid, or an Arata DS-cathode which has no holes at all. McKubre had to design a tool to puncture t

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
I wrote: > Tritium is easy to detect, but only if you try to detect it. As far as I > know, no one has. Also, you cannot detect it if it is allowed to escape from > the cell into the air. You would have to open the cell carefully in a > controlled environment to capture it. I should have said "

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Hoyt A. Stearns Jr.
I've heard He is hard to detect, but leak detectors are portable and quite common and sound simple enough: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helium_mass_spectrometer Maybe they're really really expen$ive or have other problems. Hoyt Stearns Scottsdale, Arizona US -Original Message- Fro

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Jones sez: ... > My working hypothesis as of May 3, is that spillover > hydrogen is formed catalytically, at a threshold temperature > and collects in Nickel nanopores, gaining thermal energy > from an unknown source at very close to the Curie point of > the nickel. It is that simple. The reactio

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: JR: How do you know there is no helium, tritium or radioactivity here? As I said stated: from the "best available evidence" - which is the Swedish isotopic analysis and the spectrographs in the patent. I would say the best available is hardly adequate for anything. So far,

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: Jed Rothwell > There is no helium here, no tritium and no radioactivity, and NO non-natural > isotopic distribution, so how could it be nuclear? JR: How do you know there is no helium, tritium or radioactivity here? As I said stated: from the "best available e

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: There is no helium here, no tritium and no radioactivity, and NO non-natural isotopic distribution, so how could it be nuclear? How do you know there is no helium, tritium or radioactivity here? They have hardly begun to look. Helium in particular is very difficult to det

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Hi Jones, >> Yeah, yeah, we know what the nuclear fizicists will say on >> the matter. >> >> What do they know. ;-) > Well that's it, isn't it ... what do the experts know? Of > course, one can throw all of nuclear physics out the door, > but why? I'm certainly not arguing that we throw present

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Roarty, Francis X
ing a different extraction method. Regards Fran -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 10:32 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. On Tue, May 3, 2011 at

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
-Original Message- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson Yeah, yeah, we know what the nuclear fizicists will say on the matter. What do they know. ;-) Well that's it, isn't it ... what do the experts know? Of course, one can throw all of nuclear physics out the door, but why? Ask yours

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
>From Terry: > On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:47 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson > wrote: > >> Why not? > > You probably recall a test that was done on implants and some material > which "fell through the roof" in Ufology.  That test was an isotope > ratio test.  The claim was that elements originati

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Charles Hope
That's the mini supernova argument. We don't know what's inside the reactor, but we know it doesn't resemble a supernova, so we are obliged to assume that any copper found is just regular copper that migrated. It's way too fanciful to assume otherwise at this point. Sent from my iPhone. On

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 10:21 AM, noone noone wrote: > No, you seem to worship Randall Mills of Black Light Power and seem to be on > this forum for one purpose, to push an anti-Rossi agenda. Actually, Jones is quite skeptical of RandEll's theories. That doesn't mean Dr. Mills is *all* wrong. T

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:47 AM, OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson wrote: > Why not? You probably recall a test that was done on implants and some material which "fell through the roof" in Ufology. That test was an isotope ratio test. The claim was that elements originating outside our star system

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread noone noone
No, you seem to worship Randall Mills of Black Light Power and seem to be on this forum for one purpose, to push an anti-Rossi agenda. From: Jones Beene To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Tue, May 3, 2011 6:22:14 AM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Correct me if I have misunderstood the most important relevant facts being debated here, but I believe Jones is making a strong claim that the percentages of isotopes allegedly found distributed throughout the copper found within one of Rossi's used e-cats clearly indicates that the "Rossi-effect"

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-03 Thread Jones Beene
From: noone noone * * The natural isotope ratio issue is not an issue at all. Of course it is an issue. IT IS THE MAIN ISSUE as to the identity of the type of reaction. * Copper was found. There is no source of copper inside the reactor other than transmutations. Wrong. Re

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread noone noone
not work like hot fusion, and they refuse to accept that. From: Jones Beene To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 7:59:43 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. From:noone noone Ø The proof is

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
From: noone noone * The proof is the copper produced by nuclear transmutations. No absolutely not. The natural isotope ratio means just the opposite. It means that this CANNOT be a nuclear reaction. * Once again, those scientists did not have a probe inside of the reaction ves

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread noone noone
, May 2, 2011 7:36:49 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. From:noone > The E-Cat is producing nuclear reactions. You have amply demonstrated your ignorance on this subject. If it is producing nuclear reactions where is the proof? Onl

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
From: noone > The E-Cat is producing nuclear reactions. You have amply demonstrated your ignorance on this subject. If it is producing nuclear reactions where is the proof? Only a fool would take Rossi’s word over the fine study by V&B …. Jones

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Axil Axil
*“Do not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.”* On the contrary, it is perfect. Is that possible? What angel let this thing through the gates of heaven? *“The E-Cat does not produce Tritium or any other radioactive waste.”* Is it possible that some flaw has been overlooked? I have not

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to noone noone's message of Mon, 2 May 2011 19:03:56 -0700 (PDT): Hi, [snip] >The fact is that none of the E-Cats tested have ran out of hydrogen fuel. They >have all kept working until they were turned off. To say that an E-Cat only >produces less than a hundred times the energy of bur

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jones Beene's message of Mon, 2 May 2011 16:11:31 -0700: Hi, [snip] >Well it is a big surprise, if it is exact. I assume you mean if the "16" is exact. No it isn't. To start with, it's highly unlikely that all Hydrinos would shrink to exactly the same level, though it is possible tha

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread noone noone
x27;s technology is purely a hydrino technology is getting old. From: Jones Beene To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Sent: Mon, May 2, 2011 2:44:08 PM Subject: RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. From:Axil Axil Ø One gr

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 2 May 2011 20:59:42 -0400: Hi, [snip] >It is much too early to reach any conclusions about any of this. We do not >even know if this produces tritium, but only that the Pd-D system >does, occasionally. But that's to be expected, because T is frequently

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread noone noone
:54 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis. The leakage of hydrogen argument is a good new bad news explanation. If hydrogen leaks out of the Rossi reactor with little or no resistance, then this “good news” can explain and justify the theory

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil wrote: > Your caviler attitude toward conforming to the world wide nuclear > regulatory infrastructure is counterproductive to the commercialization of > cold fusion. > > This attitude worries and saddens me. > It is much too early to reach any conclusions about any of this. We do not

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: > Neither does Mills’ devices – but Rossi should know after these many months > of testing and thousands of reactors, the average consumption within a close > range, and even if it leaks out twice as much as it consumes . . . > I do not see how he would know this, unless all o

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: > However, the Swedes at least are backing off the high power numbers and > these cells are probably in the range of 2500 watts if Mats' numbers are > correct. > No one has backed off from any high power numbers as far as I know. There have been no retractions. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Terry Blanton
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 6:24 PM, Jones Beene wrote: > Neither does Mills’ devices – but Rossi should know after these many months > of testing and thousands of reactors, the average consumption within a close > range, and even if it leaks out twice as much as it consumes - based on that > and the

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
This makes no sense. All tritium is radioactive. Where does the hypothetical tritium in the Rossi reactor come from? You seem to be confusing tritium with the hydrino. You do understand the Mills' hydrino theory, no? It does not involve tritium and neither does Rossi's reaction.

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Axil Axil
If there is no tritium, then there is no need for tritium regulation. If the Rossi reactor does not produce tritium, then it does not require regulation. If its does not produce tritium then the Rossi reaction would be a different type of reaction manifest than other cold fusion reactions. Non ra

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
Well it is a big surprise, if it is exact. However, the Swedes at least are backing off the high power numbers and these cells are probably in the range of 2500 watts if Mats' numbers are correct. BTW - the cells could not be leaking very much hydrogen at all - if they are able to fill once, and

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to mix...@bigpond.com's message of Tue, 03 May 2011 08:55:06 +1000: Hi, [snip] >Perhaps coincidentally this coincides with a >Hydrino level of 16 not exactly the best choice of words :( Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Mon, 02 May 2011 17:56:14 -0400: Hi, [snip] >The Rossi cell did not peter out in this test. It did not stop producing >energy. For all anyone knows, it might have gone on for months, or >years. Supposedly some cells have run for months. So you cannot draw an

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 2 May 2011 17:26:54 -0400: Hi, [snip] >However, the Cat-E will leak tritium with a vengeance and produce tritiated >water. *Tritiated water* is a form of water where the usual hydrogen atoms >are replaced with tritium. What makes you think the E-cat produce

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread mixent
In reply to Axil Axil's message of Mon, 2 May 2011 16:13:20 -0400: Hi, [snip] >If the Cat-E can run for 6 months without shutdown, then about 180 grams of >hydrogen enter the Cat-E. Where does it all go? ..once it has been converted into Hydrinos, it can leak out through the walls. Regards, Rob

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
You are completely off base, Axil. Do you not know Mills' work at all? It is NOT nuclear. There is NO tritium. There is NO problem with any regulation. Please - for you own edification, do your homework and read and learn CQM before making silly comments like this. Jones

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
From: Jed Rothwell * The heating value of H2 is 130 kJ/g which is equal to .04 kWhr. This seems to work out to the Rossi reactor being about 65 time more than chemical. A nuclear reaction should be about one million times more energetic, and a Millsean reaction should be about 200 times. >

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Axil Axil
Your caviler attitude toward conforming to the world wide nuclear regulatory infrastructure is counterproductive to the commercialization of cold fusion. This attitude worries and saddens me. There is no doubt; no exceptions will be made in the licensing requirements of the Rossi Cat-E as a nucle

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Jones Beene wrote: The heating value of H2 is 130 kJ/g which is equal to .04 kWhr. This seems to work out to the Rossi reactor being about 65 time more than chemical. A nuclear reaction should be about one million times more energetic, and a Millsean reaction should be about 200 times. Th

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil wrote: The leakage of hydrogen argument is a good new bad news explanation. If hydrogen leaks out of the Rossi reactor with little or no resistance, then this “good news” can explain and justify the theory behind Rossi’s explanation (aka hydrogen-nickel fusion). However, the Cat-E

RE: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jones Beene
From: Axil Axil * One gram of hydrogen per day is a HUGE amount of hydrogen inputted into a closed system and consumed. * Where could it all be going? It is really difficult to seal against leaks of pressurized H2 with top quality equipment and this appears to be far from top quality

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Axil Axil
The leakage of hydrogen argument is a good new bad news explanation. If hydrogen leaks out of the Rossi reactor with little or no resistance, then this “good news” can explain and justify the theory behind Rossi’s explanation (aka hydrogen-nickel fusion). However, the Cat-E will leak tritium with

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil wrote: Jed you are doing well, now tell me how the other 30 elements are formed? No idea, but bear in mind that things tend to leak out of pressurized tanks, not in. - Jed

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Also, by the way, knowing Rossi as I do, that estimate of 1 g per 24 hours probably means something like: "~1 gram every day or every week, whenever we get around to checking, but it might be one-tenth gram because we measure the entire tank with a weight scale." Rossi is not the kind of per

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Axil Axil
Jed you are doing well, now tell me how the other 30 elements are formed? On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Jed Rothwell wrote: > Axil Axil wrote: > > One gram of hydrogen per day is a HUGE amount of hydrogen inputted into a > closed system and consumed. > > > > Where could it all be going? > >

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread Jed Rothwell
Axil Axil wrote: One gram of hydrogen per day is a HUGE amount of hydrogen inputted into a closed system and consumed. Where could it all be going? Some of it is absorbing into the metal hydride, and some is leaking out of the cell into the air. It would only be a huge amount if it were

Re: [Vo]:Let us exercise some common sense in terms of dimensional analysis.

2011-05-02 Thread OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson
Axil, I like your systematic break down of the process. I sure don't know WTF is going on! ;-) I luv a good mystery. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks