On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I myself consider this demand absurd. [self-running] You would have to to continue believing in CF, considering in 22 years no one has been able to do it. > The experts' outrage vanished that evening when Orville finally took to the air. They were awestruck. Because, once in the air, it no longer used the derrick. It was a matter of duration. Similarly, if Rossi's device can take to the air, and stay in the air for some duration without its derrick, the world will be similarly awestruck. > Also, by the way, people who say that cold fusion is "too hard" or "anyone should be able to do it" should think hard about Orville on August 8, 1908. He spent all day preparing to make one short flight. Tightening wires, looking at the machine from all angles, running up the engine several times, waiting for the wind to be just right. It's easy to see why flying is difficult. It requires training, muscle memory, like playing a piano, and anticipating many variables. No one doubted it then or now. But running an ecat or an electrolysis experiment? There is no similar piano-playing type skill needed. The ecat especially, once the black box is there, is supposed to be ready for the market. It's supposed to be turnkey. So attaching a generator to it if the COP is high enough really should be child's play. Sometimes comparisons are apples and oranges. This is one of those. > People who demand that this be made "easy" or available to anyone at this stage do not understand technology. But you said simple and obvious demonstrations have been done many times. > They have no clue how difficult this is. Of course we do. We think it's probably impossible. You can't be more difficult than impossible.
