Jed Rothwell wrote:
Ø What you say makes no sense. I.H. wants out from under the contract; Rossi wants them to abide by it. The only issue is whether the test proves there was heat or not. Everything hinges on that. If the test showed no heat, that means there is no intellectual property at stake… I agree with that assessment, as far as it goes. In fact, only an idiot could not agree with it… as far as it goes. What makes this situation more interesting - to those of us who believe in LENR as a technology, but think that Rossi is a both a qualified inventor and a scammer is this: What if test shows that in 8000 hours of testing (24/7 he says) there was indeed 100 hours of COP~50… but this extreme gain only happened in the period of time when Rossi and his good friends Penon and Fabiani were present? This is a likely scenario. It does not matter that IH was paying them at the time, since both of them are Rossi’s old friends and countrymen, who have been employed by him for years. Let’s say further than when IH technical specialists arrive to see this amazing result, the system is back to COP of 0.90 where it is, most of the time. Then, the question for the jury is a bit narrower: Is a brief excursion of excess energy, which cannot be replicated, worth $90 million? … not to mention that even the existence of this spectacular burst of energy depends on the words of Rossi’s old friends who are not technically qualified as experts? The resolution to this dilemma – and the court may order it – is pretty simple: to have the system independently tested by a fully qualified ERV – one with real credentials such as via PhDs from the University of Miami, which is not far away. I’m not Solomon, but this is what I would do … and it’s not quite as brutal as splitting the baby in half.
