From: Jed Rothwell
* JR:It is NOT added to the system, for crying out loud. That is physically impossible! Of course it can be! It is potential energy! and potential energy can always be added. * * No it cannot be added. You can't cause that much friction with these pipes. Not enough to measure. Are you serious !?! The gullibility quotient here defies the imagination ! In fact, it is quite easy to add friction if that is your intent. We cannot assume honesty from a man like Rossi who is seldom honest. Not to mention - this demo was Rossi's tribute event to Focardi - maybe a kind of pre-eulogy. Rossi had every incentive to fudge the results, to make it look better than it was, or in case something went wrong. Again it was no more than COP ~10. Jones
