Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <a...@lomaxdesign.com> wrote:
> Jed claims that there has been extensive testing, but we don't have > confirmation on that, AFAIK, from the actual testing agencies. And what, > exactly, was tested is not clear. > I did not claim that. Defkalion did, during their press conference. The Minister of Energy was sitting in the audience, and the top newspapers and TV stations were there. So if that were not true, I suppose the Minister would have told the reporters. He would have objected, strenuously. He did not; he smiled and confirmed the report. The tests have been described in some detail in the Defkalion white paper and forum. I am gathering up this kind of thing for a new FAQ and new page. Abd's imaginary conversation: > 3 PM, March 27, 2011: We have operated ten devices supplied by Defkalion > for three weeks, now, and they have not blown up, nor do they show any signs > of impending failure. The devices did not exceed the rated external > temperatures. > > Memo from the Director of Safety Testing: Did you measure the generated > heat? > > Response from testing technician: No, of course not, that wasn't in the > test specification. We did not see any explosions. . . . Ha, ha. Very funny. I am getting sick of such comments, made here and elsewhere. Let us get some things straight here, folks: First, European and Japanese regulatory engineers and scientists are every bit as good at their jobs as U.S. ones are. That is to say, top notch. I have read dozens -- hundreds -- of reports by DoE staff members and the Italian Nat. Nuclear labs, on cold fusion and other subjects. These people are professionals. They do not make the kind of idiotic mistakes Abd imagines (presumably as a joke). Second, the mass media, and the people making these comments here and off-line to me are parochial, small minded and biased. If Secretary Chu of the U.S. DoE had attended a press conference in which a U.S. corporation said something like: "The DoE has confirmed that our cold fusion reactors work, and government agencies are now in the process of licensing them for commercial production" -- and Chu then spoke with reporters and confirmed that, I expect that *every single newspaper* and *every person here* would take it as irrefutable proof that cold fusion is real and the U.S. government is on track to approve commercial reactors. You would not question this, or doubt it. I think you should have more respect for scientists and regulatory officials in other countries. - Jed
