Michel Jullian wrote:
You missed my point about Scott/Earthtech, which is not that they
have a more sensitive calorimeter (which for kW level power is
irrelevant I agree), but that they can perform an _independent_
measurement of the device.
As a practical matter, given the difficulties of doing a cold fusion
experiment, I do not think you could move one of the cells from SRI
or Storms' lab into the Earthtech calorimeter. I doubt it would work.
It may seem like a good idea in principle but I doubt it would work
in practice.
If the people at Earthtech want advice about how to do a cold fusion
experiment, I expect many people at various labs would be pleased to
help them. They might even get them some cathode material (or powder
for a gas loading experiment). If the people at Earthtech have
suggestions about how to improve calorimeters, based on their
experience with the MOAC, I expect everyone in the field would be
pleased to hear these suggestions. I have read their papers with
interest, and learned from them. However, as a practical matter,
actually moving an experiment from one calorimeter to another, and
especially from one lab to another, is a lot harder than it sounds,
and I don't see much point to it. It does not seem particularly
"independent" to me. It is less independent than using a fresh
cathode and your own cell.
I doubt it would convince any skeptics, if that is your goal.
Also, I do not think the MOAC is of better quality or better suited
to these experiments than the instruments at SRI, Energetics
Technology, or Storms' lab. I myself prefer Storms' Seebeck calorimeters.
- Jed
