Is Andrea Rossi the genius inventor that his dedicated followers believe, or is he a charlatan crackpot - on the verge of exposure? In my opinion it is neither, but first - what does his sponsor have to say? The following is a synopsis of a number of posts which have appeared this morning.
New Energy Times reports on sending a copy of Mats Lewan's blog post to Industrial Heat, asking for comment about its corporate involvement in the test. Today, NET reports that a statement from IH carefully dodges the exact question asked, but explains the company's broader objectives with LENRs. The reply, pretty much the same as the previous one from IH - cautiously and wisely mentions nothing about Rossi, Leonardo Technologies, the March report, the obscure customer, or the so-called megawatt reactor. Instead, it relegates Rossi to one of many unnamed technologies being funded - and of no particular importance over any other. This is a smart move, with an attorney's fingerprints all over it - since IH has their own investors in an extended portfolio of many projects - of which AR is only one-of-many. IH will be held to a higher standard (legally) than the one which Rossi's adorers hold Rossi to. And it is even possible that IH already have a better technology than whatever Rossi claims to have. That's right, IH may have leapfrogged Rossi already, or are on the verge of it - and will move-on in the LENR field, with or without him. Obviously, Rossi borrowed from Mills, Piantelli, Thermacore etc . and nothing keeps IH from taking Rossi's contribution is a different course than what AR wants to pursue. "Who's zoomin' who?" . is the sentiment that comes to mind. Yet - the Industrial Heat statement talks about "embracing failure" and "premature proclamations" and condemned situations in which "results are promoted and claims are made without rigorous verification and precise measurement." That is the part that could apply mainly or exclusively to Rossi and the upcoming report. Apparently IH is saying this without saying anything: "we do not have a clue what is in this report, and we cannot stand behind it until we have thoroughly vetted it." This does not mean it is failed test, only that it is not properly vetted? The statement completely contradicts Lewan's assertion of Industrial Heat's involvement in the test. In fact, there is no indication that they knew more than the pundits. "Any claims made about technologies in our portfolio should only be relied upon if affirmed by Industrial Heat and backed by reputable third parties who have verified our results in repeated experiments." The implication here is that they have NOT VERIFIED the results of the so-called year-long test - which after all, could be a complete fraud since no one not under Rossi's thumb has actually seen the unit or knows if there is a customer. It could be happening in Italy or it could be 100% bogus. At best it is a juvenile ploy by Rossi to keep funding without actually showing results. As many of us have been saying from the start - in regard to Rossi, it is easily possible to build a financial scam on top of a real energy anomaly of the kind Thermacore showed in 1993 and the only surprise is that the perpetrator of the quasi-scam did not do a better job with showing the real anomaly.