On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 2:30 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mary Yugo <maryyu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >>> A person who thinks it is possible to keep water at boiling temperatures > for four hours at a poorly insulated vessel is not capable, by definition. > By any method? In a 100 kg device that holds 30 L of water. Come on. You're not serious. 20 kg of fire brick at 1000C, no problem. Molten lead? Easy peasy. A few liters of alcohol? Simple. etc. > > Anyone who even imagines that is possible is a crackpot. > Anyone who thinks it's not is ignorant. > > Anyone who thinks it is valid to propose "there are probably potential > methods of proving" a proposition, without specifics beyond that, is > ignorant of basic logic and the scientific method. > > The demonstrated energy density is a tiny fraction of chemical energy density. That is no evidence of nuclear reactions, no matter how you slice it, or how many times you stomp your feet.
