I found a really dumb comment by Joshua Cude <[email protected]> in the trash:
> I am sure the COP can be set anywhere you like. It is just a matter of >> engineering. [...] >> > > >> It is not an issue. It never has been. Since 1990 I think it has been >> clear that cold fusion can have any ratio you like, once you learn how to >> control it. >> > > I wonder why Defkalion would design their hyperions with a COP of 25, when > a COP of infinity is just a matter of engineering. Could they not find > engineers? Haven't they been working on the engineering since May or > whenever? > > They claim they have learned how to control the reaction, so therefore, > according to Rothwell, any COP is just a matter of engineering. > You, Josh. Do you understand the term "just a matter of engineering?" Okay, maybe you don't. Maybe that is not a dumb comment, merely uninformed. That term does not mean something is easy or cheap to do. It means the way forward is clear. It is proven that it can be done. In 1962, it was clearly possible to send manned rockets to the moon. It was just a matter of engineering; it did not require any fundamental breakthrough in physics. However, it took a prodigious amounts of money and thousands of the world's best engineers to do it. To take another example circa 1962, once they invented integrated circuits with photo lithography, it was inevitable that they would make single chips with thousands of circuits on them. It was just a matter of engineering, but again, that was world-class engineering. It took years. When I say Defkalion and others can eventually reach any COP they want, I do not mean it will be cheap, or easy, or they can do it right now. I mean there is no fundamental reason why they cannot, since the effect often occurs with no input at all. Actually, I think it is pretty obvious that is what I meant, and I still think that was a dumb comment. Or obtuse. Or you were playing dumb. Back to the trash with you. - Jed
