I really think this proves there is no 'there' here.
11 Million is still 11 million.
They saw enough to at least take a bet on a long shot.
DARPA probably spent a lot more research hafnium. Not to mention what has been spent on hot fusion.
Hope it works, but I will remain on the skeptical side until it’s proven.
But I am willing to remain open minded about it and enjoy these posts.
Not necessarily. Big energy companies will spend $11 million just to see how something will work, which implies they do believe in the plausibility of the idea.
They won’t spend $11 billion until they know they have something viable.
I wish Rossi luck and hope it all works out for him.
Mike Markula bought a sizeable chunk of Apple for $250K. You would have been among the critics who would have said that for such a small amount, “ this proves there is no ‘there’ here.”
$11M seems reasonable, for something that shows promise, but still needs a lot of R&D spending to see if it will ever turn into a viable product, in an environment where most doubt it will ever work.
Now we need to see if they can come out with a demo of long-term operation under rigorous testing conditions.
How much did the first Apple computer cost to make in a garage?
Not every breakthrough is driven just by dollars.