"Vanished, forever" what do you mean, Stephen? Seems to me we simply don't have enough facts to make conclusive judgments about the Rossi affair either way.
Skeptics will simply point to the unaccounted-for or "sold" factory statement as yet another long string of convenient deflections made by Rossi that seem to obfuscate the authenticity of his ecat claims. Believers, on the other hand, will simply accept the fact that Rossi sold the factory because he needed cash to help further fund his work. At least that's what Rossi has said. Both are reasonable conclusions depending on one's personal predilections. FWIW, seems to me that if I were in Rossi's shoes and I was still attempting to get a number of patents filed I would not be terribly thrilled about the prospects of publicly revealing the location of a former factory where one of my eCat prototypes was allegedly operational for about a year. I'd suspect that there would have been a number of employees in the factory who were aware of the uniqueness of the contraption. A few of them might have subsequently acquired first-hand knowledge of how the ecat device actually works, as well as what the basic ingredients are that make up the mysterious catalyst. Under the circumstances, if I were Rossi, I would deflect like crazy. I'd worry about a persistent competitor or reporter locating the factory where a couple of conveniently placed bribes here and there might be just enough to learn the secrets. If I were Rossi, I'd play dumb. (It seems to be a useful skill that he has acquired.) Let the skeptics help generate all the obfuscation Rossi needs in order to help keep opportunists from snooping about. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
