Dear Jed, Let's see first if if was Focardi. So much is lost in translations!
This is the reason for which- working in research I have learned the important European languages- German, Russian, French, Italian- a bit of Spanish. This was very useful for my work. I have envied you for reading, speaking Japanese- I couldn't however my former secretary, a very intelligent lady has learned it at a high level. And says it has a wonderful logic. Peter On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 7:14 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > >
