Hi Steven,
I'm quite optimistic. Though the best work appears to be happening under
the radar. The smart people, unlike those who promote their companies and
technologies through Web sites which I will not name, recognize the need to
obtain irrefutable results and are working towards that end. They are
painfully aware of both the paradigm-breaking nature of this science, and
also aware of the threat to incumbent energy enterprises.
More mainstream journals are starting to accept cf papers. Sooner or later
a mainstream journal is going to do a major story on LENR transmutation.
It's inevitable. The nice thing about the transmutation results, as pointed
out by Iwamura, is that unlike heat, the evidence is not transient. So it's
easy to validate.
I asked Dave Nagel's perspective relative to the promise of cold fusion
this last week. He replied with a quote from some other military leader
whose name I don't remember, who said. "I'm very good at predicting what
things will happen in the future. But I'm not so good at predicting when
they will happen."
I'm going to release something now that partially illuminates where some of
my optimism comes from. I will eventually name the source, but not now. He
said, just about a year ago,
"Have no doubt. We are going to win this war, after losing every battle."
It's a most interesting and stunning quote, certainly. For now though, I
have nothing more to say about it. The cake is still baking.
From my view, the public really doesn't give a damn about the injustices
to good science, to good scientists and to research which will inevitably
provide for a benefit for all humanity. The general public, predominately,
wants results -- but does not want to pay for them. Fortunately, a few
wise, wealthy people have better vision than most of the public and are
positioning themselves strategically in support of this research, and in
doing so, will grace mankind with the tools and energy to continue
civilization.
Once that happens, it will be up to the social scientists, policy-makers
and NGOs to see that the new source of energy is used wisely and
appropriately.
s
At 08:12 AM 12/8/2005, you wrote:
This post is primarily directed to both Jed, Steven Krivit,
Jed, in the past you have lamented the fact that you feared CF research
may be dieing a slow death, particularly due to what you have perceived is
a lack of necessary infusion of young scientists into this risky &
controversial field. IOW, at present dabbling in CF may be considered,
professionally speaking, too risky a step for most career oriented
scientists to seriously consider.
Never the less, the latest posts (and supplied links) by Jed and Steve
seem to indicate a number of interesting results derived from ICCF12.
Seems to me that progress, albeit perhaps too slow for most of us to
appreciate, continues.
Jed, Do you continue to remain pessimistic?
Steve, what's you thoughts on this?
What about the commercial development component?
Regards,
Steven Vincent Johnson
www.OrionWorks.com
