If you are asking for a personal opinion, then it is not a simple yes or no. I believe Papp demonstrated a way to convert radioactive isotopes, mostly radium/radon, into electricity at higher than expected efficiency, and that is all there was to it. You cannot ready his biography - including the Fraud involving the 300 mph submarine, without realizing the man was a scam artist at heart! BTW "mesothorium" from Papp's patent is an old name for a radium isotope. Do not confuse it with thorium.
I will admit that it is possible for a scam artist to actually make a great
discovery, if only by accident, but there is no proof that Papp or his
successors achieved this. He was not a brilliant inventor.
LeClair may be much smarter than Papp was, but he has nothing to show.
Period. Ahern lives nearby - tried for months to visit him, and found that
he is completely elusive and without personal credibility. His "lab" is a
shed. His claims could be derived from what others have reported. Without
some kind of minimal validation - other than what is already known about
sonofusion, why waste your time?
From: Axil Axil
Do you favor the mystery energy source claims of LeClair and
Papp?
Cheers: axil
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