Peter Gluck wrote:
The issue is why Rossi prefers steam, when for demonstrating the
potential of the E-cat- simply heating water is straigtforward.
As I said, my feeling is that he prefers steam because it proves the
thing works at high temperature. Also, it is a little more convenient to
work with. The flow of water is lower and you can use a weight scale
instead of a flow meter. As I have said here, flow meters tend to be a
pain in the butt.
Beyond that I cannot say why Rossi favors the steam approach. You could
ask him but he probably will not respond.
It is a shame he is not willing to do a better test heating water, but
he has said emphatically several times that he will not do this. I doubt
anyone can persuade him to change his mind. I gave up several weeks ago.
Rossi does not agree that there is a problem with the steam tests. I
think he is mostly right, and the problems have been greatly
exaggerated. He does not agree that the instrumentation and
documentation in all of these tests and in his recent trade-show style
demonstrations has been second-rate. We disagree about that. Frankly, I
think he is sloppy. * So are many other brilliant inventors. So are many
professors. Just because a person is good at experiments and good at
discovering things, it does follow that the person is neat, organized,
or good at presenting the findings in a convincing fashion.
Unfortunately, Rossi does not realize his own limitations. He does not
see that the presentation and instrumentation was unconvincing, except
to people like me who have done many similar tests and know how these
things work. Apparently, Levi also does not see the problems, or he does
not care whether people believe him or not. Or, perhaps he is busy. I,
along with many others, advised these people about various ways that
they could improve the instrumentation with things like better flow
meters, redundant temperature sensors and so on. They evinced no
interest in following our suggestions, publishing more information, or
re-running the tests. It is regrettable.
Fortunately, none of this matters. Rossi was able to transfer the
knowledge to Defkalion. I hope they will present it to the public soon
in more convincing tests and demonstrations, and I hope they will sell
commercial units on schedule at the end of the year. I think they will.
- Jed
* Actually in this case, I am thinking of him in Japanese and the word
that comes to mind is "iikagen" (いいかげん), meaning sloppy, remiss,
perfunctory, half-baked, slapdash, and a bunch of other things less
flattering, but I do not have them in mind:
http://eow.alc.co.jp/%E3%81%84%E3%81%84%E3%81%8B%E3%81%92%E3%82%93/UTF-8/?ref=sa
A multifaceted word, handy for parents: "iikagen ni shinasai!" -- That's
enough out of you. (In other words, shut up!)
