Of course hindsight is 20-20 and it's not just Microsoft.
There are a lot of people looking at this who could care less if the world had an unlimited supply of fuel, they want in on the ground floor much like MS's IPO.
I'd sure like to see what the big money folks are looking at. Today, tomorrow, twenty years from now, this technology will mature so it can be reliable used.
When was the sub, the Nautilus launched? In January 21, 1954. Nautlius underway on Nuclear power
That seems like a pretty damn good timeline considering we were wondering about the bomb before WWII and from going to bombs that can level entire cities, we have tamed fission so it fits a submarine.
On On June 27, 1954, the USSR had the first functioning power plant. First plant
Whoever guesses or researched correctly, will be rolling in money. Rossi knows this, he's not an idiot. Assuming Rossi's technology is real, what happens when an Atlas Shrugged goverment gets involved? Unless they wait until Rossi has a turnkey system, they'd need him to cooperate with them, good luck with that. I could see the UN getting their mits on this to, "Save the World" but as we all know, the only thing they'll save is their portfolios. I'm surprised we haven't heard rumblings from the UN over this. Nevertheless, they're shameless and greedy not to mention power hungry. It would be easy to control the world if you had control over the energy supply and I'm sure there is not one, not one poster on FR who supports the UN's me first agenda.
I could see putting in for 1,000 shares for the top five promising energy technologies.
If you scratch the obvious scams like:
1) Joseph Newman.
2) Steorn
3) Dennis Lee
4) Anyone promoted on Sterling Allans' website.
What are we left with?
1) Rossi (doesn't seem to want investors not to mention the infinite questions regarding his technology).
2) Defkalion, they copied Rossi so where are they going?
So, who else is doing research, not just for research's sake but to provide with an LENR power system? Who has the know-how, is reportedly working on LENR but is not releasing their results?
Which universities are spending scarce resources on this research?
What companies are doing the same thing?
I would love to get my mits on the correct company to invest in. While you won't make money overnight (despite the hucksters on TV saying otherwise) you will be involved on the ground floor and if you choose wisely and can wait, you will never have to work again. Sounds pie in the sky but I believe there's at least one or two companies who will break this wide open and I want to be there on the ground floor.
Forget all the bickering on Rossi, let's look with an open mind (not so open your brain falls out) and find these companies!
4) Anyone promoted on Sterling Allans' website.Sterling Allan has been heavily promoting Rossi, and to a lesser extent, Defkalion, for the last year.
So, your list of "credible" people is empty.
You left one of the list.....Piantelli (I don't recall the name of his company off the top of my head).
And Brilluoin Energy certainly is, but they are doing it totally out in the open. And you can bet that there are others, probably many more than B.R. (Before Rossi). But we won't know until they reveal themselves.
And of course researchers like McKubre, Ahern, Zawodny (universities, gov't agencies) may well be considering commercial ventures. You don't apply for a patent without having some kind of commercial prospect in mind.