I wrote:
> 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. . . . > > Let me point out another thing about this un-funny joke, and the many similar comments coming in by private e-mail. The Greek government, like all other EU counties, has to certify that a product does what is claimed. A company is not allowed to sell a product which does not meet the advertised claims. That would be consumer fraud. Products are tested by agencies to prevent this. If the company says a hybrid car gets 50 mpg and goes 100 mph, it has to submit prototypes to a testing agency that will assure that is true, and give the car a rating. This is how things work in U.S., the EU and Japan. Defkalion has a reactor they claim inputs 450 W and outputs 20 kW. If there is no anomalous heat, and output is actually 450 W, the regulators will see that. They will not allow Defkalion to go around claiming this is a kilowatt heater if it isn't. A correspondent wrote to me that she does not trust EU regulators. They might not do this job adequately. My response: "To what extent do you not trust them? Do you think they are incapable of measuring 450 W input and 20,000 W output, continuing for weeks or months? How difficult do you think that is to confirm? Do you seriously doubt that an EU government agency is incapable of determining that? Have you ever been to Europe? You will note that buildings there do not often collapse, the trains do not run off the rails, and Airbus aircraft do not routinely fall from the skies. Evidently, their industrial standards and agencies are about as good as ours. It is one thing to have doubts about the ability of engineers to measure some subtle effect, or to do a particularly difficult state-of-the art test. What you are saying is that you don't trust these people can measure the difference between 450 W and 20,000 W." That's preposterous. Abd is either joking, or he imagines it would not occur to these people to do this measurement. That is also preposterous. It is also insulting and it defies common sense and what all know about modern governments and commerce. Corporations are not allowed to manufacture and sell fake 300,000 kilowatt scale reactors that actually only produce 450 W. That would be like advertising and selling an ordinary 25 mpg car as a 2500 mpg magical super-car. Regulators will notice you are doing that. They will shut you down with a criminal injunction. Unless, of course, they have tested the car and determined that it is true. Lots of people -- customers and regulators -- would notice if Defkalion did that. There is no chance that Defkalion will make money doing that. No country on earth would allow them to do it. So stop with the absurd fantasies and the denial of common-sense reality. - Jed
