On 12/15/2009 01:53 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax wrote:
At 10:53 AM 12/15/2009, Craig Haynie wrote:
We on this list, are indeed patient, but there are smoothing circuits
and capacitors which could take the power from the generator and turn
it into the equilibrium of a battery.
Craig (Houston)
That's what I thought of immediately. A nice big fat bank of capacitors
should be able to take the place of any battery, and one could monitor
the voltage as a direct measure of energy consumed -- or stored. If this
think really runs over unity, enough to be usable for power (I doubt it
does it at all, but just allowing Steorn the same independence from
practical demands as is necessary for cold fusion at this time,
They are totally different situations.
The CF field is packed with real scientists who are struggling along on
shoestring budgets with little or no hope of every realizing any
financial gain from their efforts. It seems clear that at least some of
the CF researchers are in it purely for knowledge.
Steorn, on the other hand, is a company founded by non-scientists, run
by marketing people and lawyers (as I understand it), which is clearly
out to make a profit, and which is currently getting their income from
investors, whom they must continue to impress if they're to continue
getting money from them.
The Steorn situation smells very bad. That is absolutely *not* the case
with cold fusion.
i.e.,
excess heat is shown, but not enough and reliably enough and for long
enough to be practical for a net gain in power.
I wouldn't insist on a cup of tea, but I might insist on a clear
demonstration of excess energy. Let it increase the voltage on a
capacitor, steadily and repeatably, without slowing down or transfer of
energy from some other process, and I'd be impressed. Of course, if the
battery voltage increases, if you could use the thing as a battery
charger, that would be a great demonstration, eh?
My question, really is: what are they smuggling? If I haven't told the
story of Nasrudin and the donkeys and the border guard he meets years
later, perhaps I will.
