[Liberty1970]

The unthinkable (for once, something good) looks like it has taken another step towards reality. For those of you new to this subject, the E-cat is a LENR (low energy nuclear reaction) device that produces a prodigious amount of heat in a 50 cubic centimeter reaction chamber. Taken at face value, these things will within a few years replace your furnace and water heater (and electric utility hook-up!), and power your cars and trucks, requiring a simple recharge of nano-powderized nickel every six months or so.

[wastedyears]

Something that can power a home, vehicle, and cook breakfast? How much?

[Windflier]

This is great news, and adds a lot more credibility to Rossi’s claims.

I’ve noticed a change in mood on this subject around these parts lately. The last thread on the E-cat was a pleasure to read. When I first posted an article about it some time back, I was almost instantly buried in skeptics.

[SuziQ]

Home nuke ping!

[bajabaja]

ShadowAce, since I am a TECH PING LIST member and read of the E-cat first there, I thought you might like reading this article regarding the device’s being granted a patent. This may not be ping-worthy, but I hope you keep TECH LIST pingees informed of this, whether it crashes and burns or breaks new, unexpected ground. We will know in a few months. Thanks for your great list.

[martin_fierro]

e-LOLcat.

[editor-surveyor]

What about Pons and Fleishman?

Is it possible that catalytic nuclear will see the light of day?

[SatinDoll]

Nano-powderized nickel?

Does this mean that nanos are present within this apparatus?

[Georgia Girl 2]

If this is the real meal deal we will be running our homes off of a device and maybe when you move to a new house you can just take your energy cell with you. It is going to be great. No more electric and gas bills.

[B4Ranch]

ping

[PA Engineer]

I agree with the heat and hot water, but power cars and trucks will require a conversion process for useful energy. If they can come up with more efficient and economical thermoelectric generators, then there will be more far reaching applications, including self-sustaining reactions.

[RegulatorCountry]

Given the current distorted commodities environment, it sounds as if the hedgies just got their rationale for another bubble, lol.

Seriously though, nano-powderized nickel sounds sufficiently specialized that it could be six of one, a half dozen of the other as far as energy expense.

Nothing springs to mind so much as expensive digital printer consumables.

[ShadowAce]

[Gondring]

Can anyone here read Italian and confirm that this patent is categorized as "nuclear," and not "industrial" or "chemical reaction" or something? I'd also check to see if it's the full process patented, or what. There are all kinds of misleading games that can be played with patents.

Also, I'm new to this product...just jumped in a few minutes ago, so these might be dumb questions, but...

Have they confirmed that there's not just an impeller in the system that generates hydrogen that gets combusted? Have they checked the isotope ratio of the copper that is found after the run, confirming that it's not just a typical isotopic blend? Could it be that the water is supersaturated with copper ions that get dropped out (electrolysis/pH/etc.)--or that the "catalyst" isn't copper with a nickel plating that gets taken off during the run?

Seems like there are so many scam possibilities here, and there's no reason to believe this as long as he's unwilling to allow any true controlled scientific testing.

[GSWarrior]

What ever happened to the energy machine of Joseph Newman?

[longtermmemmory]

just getting a patent is meaningless.

the patent office has multiple perpetual motion machines and other inventions that simply do not work.