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Can NASA Warm Cold Fusion?
TomOfAmalfi writes "Andrea Rossi says he can provide domestic energy sources (about 10 kW) based on his E-Cat system (a Low Energy Nuclear Reaction or Cold Fusion energy source) for between 100 and 150 US$/kW and begin shipping this year. Many people are skeptical about Rossi's claims because he has not explained how his 'reactors' work (apparently the reactors contain ingenious security devices to prevent reverse engineering), there is no theoretical basis to support his process, and no one has supplied independent measurements to support the specs on his black boxes. However, buried at the bottom of a NASA web page there is a comment about progress in 'cold fusion' research and a link to the slides used in a September 2011 presentation (PDF) which talks about LENR research. NASA has also released a video describing the great benefits we will get from NASA LENR research. Could Rossi be on to something?"
They'd probably achieve more than Adobe does.
There's still someone talking about the eCat.
Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
A way to scam more people out of their cash.
---- Booth was a patriot ----
Wait wait now, before we dismiss him out of hand, there is one very important question.
Does he have any contacts/spies inside North Korea?
I have it on very good assurance (no less than the former president of NK) that the country had Cold Fusion research in the bag.
So it is possible that this Rossi guy has himself reverse engineered hyper-advanced North Korean technology (which they themselves perhaps stole from santa or the tooth fairy).
The usual: You need to go through a TSA checkpoint on the highway with such a vehicle, and they will deny it because you have a nail clipper in the glove box.
How fucking dare anyone out there make fun of Rossi after all he has been through!
He lost his job, he went through a divorce. He had two fucking plants.
His colleague turned out to be a user, a cheater, and now he's going through an IP battle.
All you people care about is.. readers and making money off of him.
HE’S A HUMAN!
What you don’t realise is that Rossi is making you all this energy and all you do is write a bunch of crap about him.
He hasn’t published in years. His technology is called “give me more” for a reason because all you people want is MORE! MORE-MORE, MORE: MORE! LEAVE HIM ALONE!
You are lucky he even researched for you BASTARDS!
LEAVE ROSSI ALONE!..Please.
Slashdot talked about professionalism and said if Rossi was a professional he would’ve pulled it off no matter what.
Speaking of professionalism, when is it professional to publicly bash someone who is going through a hard time.
LEAVE ROSSI ALONE!... please *sniff*
Leave Andrea Rossi alone! right now! I mean it!
Anyone that has a problem with him, you deal with *me*, because he's not well right now.
*sniff*
Leave him alone...
(for the clueless)
It requires magic. So once you run out of magic your boned.
The Grey Goo disaster happened 3 billion years ago. This rock is covered in self replicating machines!
Jesus christ man. Watt is a unit of Power. Power is unit Energy per unit Time. To get energy, you take Watt and multiply it with time. You don't divide by time. That would give a unit called STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM SCIENCE.
If you have a device that gives you consistently 150 kW throughout one year, the net energy produced would be 150 000 W * (24 hours/day * 365 days/year * 1 year) = 1.314 MWh. I'm sorry if mega and kilo are "too confusing" for you. Goddamn this brownie is salty. Fuck!
tl;dr
Ayn Rand would disapprove - if you have some economic means to rape somebody and bleed them dry, it is not only your right but your moral obligation to do so. ~