Posted on 12/13/2012 1:48:55 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Thanks ck, but the operative phrase there is “They claim”. It reminds me of the Asimov short story “Pate de Fois Gras”.
This is interesting:
http://lawrencevilleplasmaphysics.com/
[snip] Our lead project is the development of an ecologicaly [sic] safe fusion energy generator using a device called the dense plasma focus (DPF) and hydrogen-boron fuel, an approach we call “Focus Fusion”. This work was initially funded by NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and is now backed by over forty private investors including the Abell Foundation of Baltimore. LPP’s patented technology and peer-reviewed science are guiding the design of this technology for this virutally [sic] unlimited source of clean energy that can be significantly cheaper than any other energy sources currently in use. [/snip]
And guess what — neutrons:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dense_plasma_focus
[snip] Intense bursts of X-rays and charged particles are emitted, as are nuclear fusion neutrons,[1] when operated using deuterium. There is ongoing research that demonstrates potential applications as a soft X-ray source[2] for next-generation microelectronics lithography, surface micromachining, pulsed X-ray and neutron source for medical and security inspection applications and materials modification,[3] among others... For nuclear weapons applications, dense plasma focus devices can be used as an external neutron source.[4] Other applications include simulation of nuclear explosions (for testing of the electronic equipment) and a short and intense neutron source useful for non-contact discovery or inspection of nuclear materials (uranium, plutonium). [/snip]
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&sugexp=les%3Beqn%2Crate_low%3D0.035%2Crate_high%3D0.035%2Cmin_length%3D2%2Ccconf%3D1.2%2Csecond_pass%3Dfalse%2Cnum_suggestions%3D1%2Cignore_bad_origquery%3Dtrue%2Conetoken%3Dfalse&gs_nf=3&gs_rn=0&gs_ri=hp&gs_mss=%22andrea%20rossi%22%20and%20%22Matteo%20Messina%20Denaro&cp=42&gs_id=3r&xhr=t&q=%22andrea%20rossi%22%20and%20%22Matteo%20Messina%20Denaro%22&pf=p&tbo=d&sclient=psy-ab&oq=%22andrea+rossi%22+and+%22Matteo+Messina+Denaro%22&gs_l=&pbx=1&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_qf.&bvm=bv.1355325884,d.b2U&fp=58929b6891e33653&bpcl=39967673&biw=925&bih=450 ~ about 1200 stories in various periodicals where both Andrea Rossi and Matteo Messina Denaro are mentioned ~ but not quite in the same story. Rossi is pushing LENR, but Denaro owns and uses Windmills to launder Mafia money in Sicily. Rossi had an adversarial relationship with Denaro (aka dinodino?) earlier in his career ~ this is the guy who got him prosecute for waste oil pollution ~ had he but gone into windmills eh! My skepticism of the Rossi critics starts with Denaro ~ you really have to prove you have nothing to do with Denaro first.
I've never heard of this Denaro. I don't need to. All I have to do is look at Rossi's behavior, and check what he says against actual scientific knowledge, and I have all the material I need to be critical of Rossi. Both his mannerisms and his grandiose claims are pretty typical con man behavior.
Denaro is the top mafioso in Sicily ~ which is no small fact. He’s been one of the big movers in the world of WINDMILLS. His reach extends all the way to America ~ these guys don’t like any competition.
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