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- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 1992 09:54:52 GMT
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- In article <920721214152_72240.1256_EHL55-1@CompuServe.COM>, Jed Rothwell <72240.1256@compuserve.com> writes:
- > To: >INTERNET:fusion@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG
- >
- >> DB asks:
- >>
- >> "I'll be the mug: who are these HUNDREDS? Or are you plucking facts out
- >> of the air, Jed?"
- >
- > Oops, sorry. No, not the air. I am plucking it out of my database. I did
- > not really mean hundreds of group leaders who have published papers, I
- > meant hundreds of people tagged in places that have reported excess heat,
- > who happen to have their mailing address in my computer. Like for
- > example, 3 at Hokkaido, 5 or 6 at Bockris's lab., a bunch in India,
- > several at NTT... The number of groups who had reported heat last year
- > according to Fire from Ice (page 246, courtesy Fritz Will) was 34. There
- > have been a lot since then, of course. Most are getting more heat than
- > ever, a few have probably decided they did not get heat after all. This
- ^^^
- Come on Jed, there have been heaps of XS heat claims that have never panned out.
- This list is a VERY padded one. People like Oriani, Wadsworth, Scott, Huggins,
- Appleby, Landau, Schoessow and Hutchinson all claimed heat in 1989 but how
- many of those are still going strong now? Answer: none. I can only think of
- two others (McKubre and Bush) who were claiming heat in mid 1989 and are still
- claiming it now. Others have since bit the dust: remember the fuss about
- Liaw with his 1500% heat in a molten salt experiment? As far as I know
- they could never replicate, and others who have tried it failed too. So, I
- don't think it is fair to include most of these as "confirmations" especially
- if the reason(s) for them abandoning the research are unknown. Maybe somebody
- should ring these people up and ask them what their current position is wrt
- XS heat.
-
- > Not evading, just forgot. Kind of busy. Remind me if I forget. I meant
- > pre-explosion results were much better than those reported at Como. Way
- > better, but I have heard 50 different versions of just how much better,
- > so who knows? McKubre is back from Japan and back at work now, I have
- > heard. I have not spoken to him directly, lately. All work was suspended
-
- How much better? I heard rumours that he can get up to 250%, but is this
- true? I notice from the accident report that the cell had a much larger
- cathode than usual - maybe they are attempting to scale up the process.
- If only there were a few more good experiments like this one...
-
- todd green
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