Posted on 01/17/2012 8:10:03 PM PST by Kevmo
The Cold Fusion Ping List
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Unfortunately, if Rossi did the following:
1) hired a bunch of actors to pretend to be the customer reps,
2) created an elaborate year-long special-effects-derived series of demos,
3) bribed, hypnotised or otherwise fooled Focardi, Levi, Kullander, Essen, Bianchini, Stremmenos
4) arranged for Piantelli, Miley and a host of others to try to fool the world into thinking that cold fusion was real,
5) got NASA, SPAWAR, The Defense Threat Reduction Agency and The Defense Intelligence Agency to say nice things about the field,
6) got Bushnell to make a fool of himself,
7) and convinced his former partners to set up another company called Ampenergo to pretend that they had a contract for The Americas for a substantial sum ----- or that they just did this with no proof because they have worked with Rossi and trust him because hes such a fine fellow,
8) sold his profitable company to his ex-partners in order to spend that wealth on a multi-million dollar scam; ----- certain that once he got all the above ducks in a row he would pretend to sell the first device ----- and then reel in the true target of his dastardly plan
9) and convinced a bunch of Greek crooks to set up a dummy company called Defkalion ----- to pretend to fight with him over the non-existent eCat, ----- to perpetuate the illusion and spin it off into a competing mirror-scam
[the second (this time genuine) buyer of a 1MW plant that will net him $2 million dollars ----- until they want their money back or sucker a $100 million dollar deal under the table ----- because he has experience in pulling the wool over all these idiotic eyes ----- and knows that they will just take his word for it ----- and not want to test if his 1MW plant can heat a small village without truckloads of coal or oil or a big fat electric cable coming into the container from beneath the floor (no you cant lift the carpet!) ]
10) and that, in order to pull this off, Rossi had to risk discovery by interviewing all the people he subsequently fooled so that he could only invite the gullible Professors and not the brilliant anonymous posters on the Internet who surely would have found him out
then, yes, all bets are off and Im with the guys who think that Rossi is an idiot and they are all geniuses.
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Momentous Breakthroughs Announced During Anniversary E-Cat Interview
http://world.std.com/~mica/cft.html
“Andrea Rossi, the inventor of the E-Cat (cold fusion energy catalyzer), announced many breakthroughs in the development of his technology... This is the first exotic free energy technology that we know of that has been submitted for UL certification, a major milestone prior to deployment to the market.
REACTOR CORE — The reactor core of the home E-Cat unit is about the size of a cigarette box, and is capable of producing ten kilowatts of power.
SIMPLE REFUELING — It was revealed home E-Cat units would be capable of being re-fueled by individuals, and not by technicians. He claimed it would be like changing the ink in a pen....If the entire world converted all their power producing systems to run off nickel, only 1% of the annual production would be consumed.
NO HYDROGEN CANISTER — Unlike previous E-Cat systems which required the use of a hydrogen canister, the new home E-Cat utilizes a material inside of the reactor core which can release and absorb hydrogen. ...The removal of the hydrogen canister will make the certification process simpler
UNDERWRITERS LABORATORIES — Rossi said that they have sent prototypes to UL, and they are working with them to get the home unit certified for “UL approval”.
CATALYSTS — In regards to a question about the importance of the catalysts, Rossi stated that the system will not work without them.
RADIO FREQUENCY GENERATORS — He claims that the radio frequency generator allows the forces that would normally prevent the fusion process from taking place (Coulomb forces) to work for you, and not against you.
GAMMA RADIATION — The signature of the gamma radiation that has been detected is said to be 511 keV at 180 degrees.”
“prototypes” The assumption is on the reader that this is true and that they are working prototypes.
Must make Rossi warm and fuzzy inside when he can get the person to fill in the blanks to make a small light a gigantic one.
This thing is for real and I hope I can be one of the first to buy one.
Welcome to Mensa!.
National Instruments: global leader in measurment and control
Underwriters Labs: premier testing and standards organization in the US
Obviously, further proof that Rossi is nothing but a scammer and fraudster /sarc
Great news!
You know, the only thing I see that’s odd is why is Rossi talking about selling the home unit so cheap? First rule of marketing is that prices should be based on value, relative to the next-best alternative. If we’re used to paying, say $50 a month for heat now, he ought to be able to get more than $10 a month for a home ECAT.
Millions are going to be built by the end of the year...somehow...in automated factories....somewhere...an will power heat punps...somehow...somewhere.
Value pricing works when the competition is sluggish. In this development, competition will be fierce and swift.
Besides, initial units will end up closer to $1000 than $500 due to mandated safety features and the governments where they are sold will slap a tax on the cartridges equal to the lost tax on BTUs they can produce as they replace the nat gas, coal, or electric taxes the consumer was previously paying. Taxes included, the cartridges will cost $200 instead of $10. Remember, carbon taxes aren’t really about pollution, they are about diverting money from wealthy nations to poor nations.
That’s here in the USA. Other countries won’t be so quick to slap on taxes for BTUs that were never there in the first place.
Where have all the seagulls gone to?
They always show up, don’t worry. Soon we will be inundated by the pleasant sound of their beautiful chorus of ... cacophany.
National Instruments: global leader in measurment and controlNotice how much of this is nothing more than "Rossi says".Underwriters Labs: premier testing and standards organization in the US
Obviously, further proof that Rossi is nothing but a scammer and fraudster /sarc
N.I. acknowledged that Rossi had approached them about buying some equipment. That's all. If their agreement with Rossi is anything like the University of Bologna's agreement with Rossi, it means nothing. Rossi has demonstrated that he will create contracts for the appearance of legitimacy when he has no intention of going through with it.
And, as far as U.L. is concerned, I haven't seen any signs of U.L acknowledging this. This is, just like every other aspect of this story, based on nothing more than Rossi's unsubstantiated claims.
Once you remove the "Rossi says" parts of the story, there's no story left.
Well, if it’s a scam, at least it will be a safe scam..............
Ok, this is neat.
I dunno. Remember, this will be replacing carbon fuels. It would be hard to justify putting a tax on e-cats and subsidizing solar, wind, and the rest of the "carbon reduction" technologies at the same time. Who knows, they might even subsidize e-cats instead. Logically (but what politicians are ever logical?), it could go either way.
This is exciting stuff about refining the design of the device utilizing the expertise of the UL and the instrumentation specialists. Looks like we may be getting close to a commercial product(s)!
As always, I am awaiting confirmation but it is getting more difficult to see this whole Rossi thing as anything other than a legitimate effort to birth a new technology via the small scale commercial route. As opposed to the egghead university route or the huge corporation route. Although there was the possibility of partnering with Home Depot which would be a logical thing to do.
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