In addition to Jed's recent, and highly appreciated, report on the "Energy Catalyzer), I noticed that one of my latest Google news feeds keyed to "Blacklight Power" directed me to the pesn.com "Pure Energy Systems" (PesWiki) web site where a verbose (and HIGHLY optimistic and probably unrealistic) report on the Focardi and Rossi's device ensues.
See: http://pesn.com/2011/01/17/9501746_Focardi-Rossi_10_kW_cold_fusion_prepping_for_market/ http://tinyurl.com/4vluzrt Excerpt samples: ***************** This recent public demonstration alone is a huge development, but what's more, they also claim to be going into production, expecting to have these available for purchase commercially within a year.This would become the world's first commercially-ready "cold fusion" device.The first units are supposed to ship in three months, with mass production commencing by the end of 2011. ... Rossi estimates that the cost of energy made with this system will be below 1 cent/kWh, in case of electric power made by means of a Carnot cycle, and below 1 cent/4,000 M J in case of thermal power production for heating purposes. That is several times cheaper than energy from fossil fuel sources such as coal or natural gas. ... Rossi also says that they have had one reactor that has run continually for two years, providing heat for a factory. Also, the reactors can self sustain by turning off the input, but they prefer to have an input. The device will be scheduled for maintenance every six months. You control it "just as you turn on and off your television set." ... Doing a lot of digging into Rossi's Journal of Nuclear Physics blog shows that scientists are posting and linking speculation that "hydrinos" (of Blacklight Power fame) or shrunken hydrogen atoms may be involved in this cold fusion and process and their formation may be the source of most of the energy released. ************************************* The last paragraph must have been the reason why the email showed up in my "Blacklight Power" news feed. I especially liked the part where they predict they will have "mass production commencing by the end of 2011." Personally, I'd be ecstatic if we had verified independent replication by the end of 2011. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
