Indeed. That piece of info is/was a significant datum on the "scam" scenario in my mind. How does one run a scam when only their own money is involved, and (in essence) in front of the whole internet viewership? Another interesting tidbit is that one of the Swedish physicists who were "in person" at the most recent demo is or was head of the "Swedish Skeptics Society". And "he" was convinced by what he saw.
There is a LONG thread over on "Talk-Polywell" (dedicated mostly to Bussard's approach to "hot" fusion) with a few dedicated naysayers. But looking over what has been published about the various Rossi demos, most of their objections just don't hold up. I don't claim to begin to have the physics background to make theoretical distinctsions, but I'm a pretty darned good experimentalist, and what is shown looks legit.
When I first heard about him, probably ten years ago he had already had a couple of cold fusion experiments that had been producing for more than 60 days.
That’s when I decided to see if I could get his address and approach him. It took about a year and I was so disappointed when he turned me down but I am thrilled that he has succeeded in making everything work the way he said it could. The is the kind of thing that will lead to accomplishing many more “cannot be done” experiments.
I am fed up with brain dead scientists whose proclamations are automatically accepted as wisdom because these men are respectable, which to me means they refuse to step outside the walls of the scientific community.