Vaughn said that his company had acquired the intellectual property rights to the Ecat in the press release. Vaughn and Darden were convinced of the Ecat’s authenticity by a report prepared by physics professors Guiseppe Levi, Hanno Essen, Ronald Petterson, Torbojorn Hartman, Bo Hoistad, Roland Pettersson and Lars Tegner. The scientists tested the ecat in December 2012 and March 2013 and observed its operations.
Oh yeah, we can trust Rossi's buddy Levi and the setup was already running in Rossi's 'lab'. I believe, no I don't
At least there's this:
Vaughn and Darden also had an unidentified independent expert exam the ecat before investing their money in it.
I sure hope their 'independent' analyst wasn't Sterling Allen.
I'm sorry but this smells. I can see a company wanting to get in on the ground level of such a game changing technology and depending on how well they're capitalized, $11 million may not be much since the potential to make money is limitless. That is, if it works.
People have continuously said Rossi can't be a scammer because he wasn't looking for money, well, that theory is out the window.
This cold fusion nonsense is a fusion of cargo cult science and cargo cult business.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_science
I'm beginning to think YOU smell. Have you actually bothered to look into Cherokee's background?? It appears not...but I have. They have a strong base of technical experience, and I doubt that it is possible for Rossi to "scam" them. Neither you nor I know what other due diligence they have done. According to Rossi, they have built working E-Cats from Rossi's directions, with no other input from him. If they are building and testing their own E-cats, they have plenty of data for due diligence.
"People have continuously said Rossi can't be a scammer because he wasn't looking for money, well, that theory is out the window."
OF COURSE Rossi was looking for money. Why else work long hours in a lab if not??? You are assuming that his work is fraudulent but THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE OF THAT. NONE.
Rossi’s buddy Levi
***Levi didn’t start out as his buddy. He was very skeptical at first.
http://coldfusion3.com/blog/giuseppe-levi-goes-on-record-to-discuss-e-cat
• He has worked with Focardi on other projects and respects him.
• Levi has been following Rossi and Focardi’s work for three years but only examined the e-cat itself on December 16, 2010. He did extensive testing of the e-cat and apparently believes Rossi’s claims.
• Levi is a member of the US group the Skeptic’s Society and he applied their “baloney detector kit.” (A set of parameters for the detection of fraud developed by the late Carl Sagan) to the e-cat and found it was not baloney.
• Levi said he investigated the e-cat because it is his duty as a scientist. He also wanted to protect the University of Bologna’s reputation from a possible fraud.
• Levi did admit that the e-cat was developed in what he called an “industrial” and not a research environment.
• The January e-cat news conference and demonstration by Rossi and Focardi was done in order to show the scientific community the validity of the e-cat and protect Focardi’s reputation.
• Levi seems to be concerned about Focardi’s reputation and is trying to protect it.
• Levi said other scientists including chemists have examined the e-cat and verified some of the results.
Levi also gave some interesting quotes in response to Krivit’s questions.
When asked why he investigated the e-cat, Levi said: “You must go and look by yourself. It is one of my duties I am a researcher I am paid by public money. Something very important was going on with the name of the University of Bologna. It was my duty to know if it was something real. If it is something real we must make research on it.”
When asked if the e-cat represents a new physics or not, Levi said: “There is not a new quantum mechanics but some new phenomenon.”
Persons who want to make up their mind should definitely take a look at all five parts of Levi’s interview. Skeptics and those interested in the science will find it a real eye opener (source Rossifocardifusion.com).
People have continuously said Rossi can’t be a scammer because he wasn’t looking for money, well, that theory is out the window.
***I would agree that this pushes it to the next level, where you examine the credentials of those who are supposedly being scammed. Vaughn’s credentials are strong.