[Triple]

That is interesting. Thanks for your reply.

Comparing Rossi to Thomas Edison...That puts Rossi in some very rare company.

I think it is important in science to decouple the science from the scientist, as you are doing (a tiny bit) with Rossi and LENR. Rossi could enable the decoupling of this technology from his tarnished name with a simple independent test.

Until the technology Ecat/science LENR is decoupled from Rossi, I am pegged on scam for Rossi and open minded on LENR, as a practical energy source, pending scientific evidence.

[Johnny B.]

Comparing Rossi to Thomas Edison...That puts Rossi in some very rare company.

Just because Edison was eccentric doesn't mean everyone who acts eccentrically is another Edison.

In particular, Edison has been a perfect excuse for con men who can't otherwise explain their behavior. As you noted, Rossi could clear things up any time he wants to, but he refuses to do so. The notion that he is somehow being a shrewd businessman by making himself look like a con man is ridiculous.

He is following the exact same script as every other "free energy" con man in history (going back at least to the 1880s, that I've found). Here are some of my favorite examples. Read them and you'll be amazed at how much their scams look like what Rossi is doing!

• John Keely. He ran a "free energy" scam for over 20 years in the late 18th Century. His story is so much like Rossi's, it's scary.
• Carl Tilley. Notice that Sterling Allan was a big supporter of Tilley, just as he was with Rossi, until he finally realized that he had been duped.
• Madison Priest. Note that Priest conned tens of millions of dollars from such companies as Intel, General Dynamics and Blockbuster Video.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Is there a reasonable explanation for the seemingly inconsistent statements by Rossi coming soon?"

Actually, yes. The hypothesis that fits more of the total data set than any other is that Rossi has indeed made a breakthrough in LENR, and is also running a scam......but the people being scammed are his potential and actual competitors. Johnny B. and the rest of the skeptopaths will not have any other idea put forth than "Rossi is a crook, and everything he's ever done has been one scam or another".