Peter Gluck <peter.gl...@gmail.com> wrote:
> e) are you absolutely sure that your friend has spoken to Focardi and not > to Levi? > > f) and he spoke to Focardi, why should Focardi tell him a trade secret? > I do not think Focardi would lie, or dissemble. He would just say "I can't tell you; it is a trade secret." Or he would say "I don't want to tell you." These people have no compunction about keeping secrets. They feel no obligation to reveal anything. I confirm that their primary, immediate goal is to make commercial products. I do not know if that is because they want to make money, or they feel that is the best way to convince the world they are right. I think there are better ways to accomplish both goals without going to the trouble of making a working power reactor. If they would heed my advice, I think they could make billions of dollars, whereas they may only make hundreds of millions. But it is not my decision, and what they are doing is fine with me. I will be thrilled if they demonstrate a 1 MWh reactor. (MWh = megawatt-heat. I do not know the projected electric power output.) Their plans are much better than the development plans of many other researchers, such as Patterson. - Jed
