On 01/18/2011 12:03 AM, Harry Veeder wrote: > Rossi also says that they have had one reactor that has run > continually for two years, providing heat for a factory. >
Slightly longer quote from the Peswiki page: > Rossi also says that they have had one reactor that has run > continually for two years, providing heat for a factory. Also, the > reactors can self sustain by turning off the input, but they prefer to > have an input. So if they need some electricity to control it, why don't they use the output to run a generator, and close the loop? At 10:1, they ought to be able to turn the heat output into enough electricity to drive the thing with a good bit left over. Then they could provide heat /and/ run the lights in the factory. And at that point they'd be off the grid, and they'd be completely shut of the old "Well are you /sure/ it's OU?" question. And wouldn't /that/ make a whizzy demo! Starting can be done with batteries, of course, just like you start your car with a battery. You need some electricity to run an ICE, but /nobody/ plugs their gasoline car into the mains to get it going in the morning (block heaters excepted). "We don't close the loop because we /prefer/ to have an input." That seems strange, to put it mildly. Kind of like saying, "I make all the electricity I need with photoelectrics on the roof, but I /prefer/ to buy some from Ontario Hydro as well." > > The results of last week's demonstration pale in comparison to this claim. > > > Harry > > >
