Jones Beene,
If Rossi is a fraud he has fooled me. Maybe because of his excitement
over the last few months I feel more optimistic than I have for a
while. I hope he has figured out how to run the Quark at a higher
temperature without it running away. This should provide a higher COP
and be more useful for industrial purposes.
Like you, I suspect the COP has been exaggerated but perhaps not as much
as you suggest. I believe the contract for the 1 MW plant called for a
COP>4. I don't see how Rossi can get paid if it is less no matter how
important the physics.
We will see soon enough.