From: David Roberson
If the Rossi has the proper control of his device established and positive thermal feedback of adequate gain is achieved then the COP should not be an issue. Dave, Doesn’t that assume that the source of the gain is nuclear? If the source of gain is not “nuclear” (per se), then we must ask - what if the gain is limited to a level which is a low multiple of what we have heretofore defined as “chemical”? Control, and positive feedback are very important, but now there is an upper limit. Yes, we can argue that any gain should allow infinite COP if it can be fed back in toto, but thermal feedback may not be adequate to provide P-in when there is a ceiling on the net energy available from the underlying reaction. Jones
