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A Sober Look At 1MW eCat Clues
admin on November 3, 2011 — 62 Comments

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Fox News stirred up a a lot of dust and while we have to question their guess about the 1MW eCat customer having a US Naval connection, the identity of that customer is critical when trying to pin credibility or otherwise onto the sale. I am certain that if we learned that NATO, NASA, The US Navy or any other similarly large institution with technical roots was known to have tested and then bought the 1MW device, many people around the world who should take notice, will. For that reason, it is worthwhile trying to thread what we think we have.

First we have Fox’s assertion that Andrea Rossi said that Paul Swanson of SPAWAR can vouch for the demo. Then Fox said that Sterling Allan thought a large organisation beginning with the letter ‘N’ was the customer. In the previous post, you can see that this statement is not true. Sterling was referring to a previous and independent test (of what, I am not sure).

During the Bologna test, the customer rep in charge of signing the pass/fail slip was (according to Dr Rossi) a NATO engineer with thirty years experience called, Domenico Fioravanti. Perhaps he was now a civilian acting as a consultant able to speak the language or perhaps the buy was a joint enterprise between NATO countries with SPAWAR taking a keen interest.

Peswiki’s excellent coverage of the 1MW test has so much information that it is easy to overlook little nuggets. Thanks to Don Witcher for pointing out the following from Hank Mills’ write up of that day:

Rossi has stated in an email that, “THE CUSTOMER HAS BOUGHT THE E-CAT AS A MOBILE HEATER FOR REMOTE CAMPS.” This seems to indicate to me that the organization may be related to the military. Also, Rossi’s remark that it is the kind of company that does *everything* in secret, seems to add credence to that possibility.

And then we have the following from the sluething eye of Terry Blanton on Vortex:

Domenico
August 4th, 2011 at 4:40 PM
Egregio ing. Rossi

(If you already have answered this question previously in your blog, please apologise) – What are the risks of an E-Cat in operation being damaged/destroyed by a collapsing building (e.g. earthquake), by shieldbreaking firearm bullets or explosives (never underestimate human madness or stupidity), by floods/tsunamis or other destructive action, in terms of gamma ray exposure intensity and duration?

Thank you – in your work lies hope of many people.

Cordialmente

Domenico

Andrea Rossi
August 5th, 2011 at 8:48 AM
Dear Mr Domenico:
The risk is zero, because we do not use radioactive material and we do not produce radioactive wastes. In all the cases you listed H is cut. If the temperature rises too high, Nickel melts, powder becomes ingot and the process is stopped: intrinsecally safe situation.
Warm Regards,
A.R.

It may be a thread of coincidence. Many experienced engineers leave the military and work outside it. There are lots of Domenico’s around and the person calling himself that and asking about armour-piercing shells and explosives blowing the eCat up, may just be erring on caution or asking out of curiosity. Remember, it seems that the customer in question stepped in after the initial deal fell through (because Rossi did not want to retain ownership and ship it under his name after the sale). Such a scenario fits the timescale and we may be seeing a dipping toe in that Domenico-Post on AR’s blog.

Even so, many NGOs would benefit from an emergency heating system that would not destroy the environment if struck by an earthquake or shot at. Perhaps Andrea Rossi was wrongly quoted regarding Paul Swanson’s ability to vouch for the demo. Perhaps it is all a Nancy Drew misdirection. Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps.

Once more, no single thing proves the customer has a military connection but together, it kinda makes sense (until it’s all shot down again). I wonder if Dr Rossi is both grateful to the customer for stepping in and at the same time frustrated at not being able to shout it from the rooftops. He had almost certainly imagined the floodgates begin to open by now.

Once again, the list of actors grows making the idea of Rossi being a lone con-man seem more ridiculous than the notion that he has solved the cold fusion puzzle.