So, to be clear, when I asked: "Is the diseconomy of scale primarily driven by the large number of > thermocouples implied by the squared law of the surface area?"
The answer was "Yes." On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 3:28 PM, Jed Rothwell <jedrothw...@gmail.com> wrote: > James Bowery <jabow...@gmail.com> wrote: > > What are the expensive materials? > > > The thermoelectric devices. > > See: > > http://www.lenr-canr.org/acrobat/StormsEthemethoda.pdf > > Good controls are also expensive. The test rig that NI built in Texas for > Celani's experiment cost about $25,000. > > - Jed > >