Thank you!
Is the recent patent available, too? If so, please post its number.
A long list of all possible fakes including chemical, electrical, calibration, water diversion and more are weighed against the data. His conclusion, inclusive of the April Ny Teknik demos: no one demo excludes all possible fakes but all demos taken as a collective do!---
Not at all. Allan Fletcher states, as of 9 May 2011:
Therefore, at present, we cannot conclusively rule out ALL possible fakes, so it is not yet PROVED that the Rossi device is real.. I really hope the eCat is for real.
Scam artists often play on hopes, and I've read of Andrea Rossi's previous scams (e.g., Petroldragon). So while it would be great, I have little hope of it.
Yes, parallel fakes could explain existing results. Though I did not state this, that is what I still believe. Also Rossi has also been described as ‘impressive’ and ‘charming’ which are often typical traits of confidence men. So yes, I’m still nervous about fraud.
Allan Fletcher did make those initial comments that “all demos taken as a collective rule out all possible fakes”. Of course, this is not good enough. Fletcher may have upgraded his scepticism lately but then he is actively responding to new information as it comes in as any good scientist should.
I would still like to know more about how the decision was made to finally grant the patent. I would think the Italian patent office would be on high alert considering the notoriety of this case and would set the bar high. It would also be nice to have an engineer/patent attorney comment on the scope of the patent.
What is your position on Cold Fusion in general, i.e., reports the US Navy has replicated Pons and Fleischmann, DARPA reversing their position on cold fusion, esteemed researcher and one time Cold Fusion detractor Dr. Robert Duncan reversing his position, all the new peer-reveiwed research promoted by Jed Rothwell and so on?
Perhaps it is precisely this expectation of an immanent breakthrough that Rossi is exploiting. If there is fraud I tend to think it would be happening on the Defkalion side of things. Supposedly they have raised 200 million Euros from somebody. I hope those investors got better demos than the rest of us.