Alan J Fletcher wrote:
Defkalion could have submitted a system with a dummy core for Greek
qualification (hydrogen system etc), but that seems a bit pointless.
Rossi could have hand-carried a core to Defkalion, run tests, and then
taken it way with him.
No regulator or government agency in the EU, the U.S. or Japan would
allow that. It is unthinkable. These organizations have many faults but
they are thorough. They do things rigorously, by the book. Running a few
tests with Rossi standing by is simply out of the question.
In their website discussion group, Defkalion repeatedly claimed that
various Greek Ministries were testing their devices. It that is true, it
contradicts Rossi's assertions. There is no way the two sides can be
reconciled; one or the other is lying. Defkalion's major website claims
are gathered here:
http://pesn.com/2011/08/07/9501887_An_E-Cat_Full_of_Lies_-_Rossi_or_Defkalion/
For what it is worth, I think Rossi was upset and he was saying all
kinds of things he did not mean. I would call it an angry outburst. He
has already backtracked and said the dispute is about money only, not
technology. My guess is that is his way of retracting and apologizing. I
hope the parties can reach a new agreement and people will forget about
this incident in a few weeks.
In the past, many famous innovators such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates
also acted abominably, but that was before the Internet, so they did not
have the opportunity to plaster their bad behavior all over the world.
Plus they had more sense than to do this. There were notable exceptions
such as the time Bill Gates got drunk and talked to reporters about how
IBM was on the verge of extinction. The modern Internet goldfish bowl
lets us see people making fools of themselves in real time, rather than
reading about it in history books years later.
In this document:
http://pesn.com/2011/08/10/9501891_Defkalion_Responds_in_Support_of_Rossi/
I agree with the last note, by Hank Mills. Defkalion is being evasive
and not answering the two key questions. Perhaps it would put it in a
better light to say they are being diplomatic, and trying not to rile
Rossi. They call this affair "micro-politics" which I take as an
interesting new way of saying "let's hope this stuff blows over and
Rossi forgets about it." I suppose "micro-politics" means "a tempest in
a teapot." Let us hope that's what it is.
I know nothing about the nature of the dispute. Frankly I don't want to
know. It is none of my business.
- Jed
