Here is todays episode of the Weaver chronicles
Before reading this you should be aware that Dewey Weaver is a shareholder of IH and the right hand and hitman of Darden/IH. He has obviously known about the Penon report showing COP~50 since at least June ’15. Quotes are from the NCkhawk Disqus goldmine.
March 1 (starting to worry about the QuarkX, and taking the MW almost for granted and a done deal…):
Considering the pace of progress from the multitude of very credible scientist in CF over the past 25 years, it is inconceivable that Rossi is making this much progress in such short order. What happened to the E-Cat 1MW factory and all of that excitement of just 6 or 8 weeks ago? How (and why) have the gears changed this quickly? I hope it is all true but this all defies logic and has to remain in the realm of the nearly impossible until he proves otherwise.
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Silicon / software progress has at times moved very quickly in a development cycle. I don’t think that Moore’s law is a valid comp to energy / thermal system development – how long have we been stuck with 35% affordable Carnot – 100 years? There is no believable way that energy / thermal systems can move from 1MW shipping container sized heat & steam systems, that may or may not work, to 100W modules in this short amount of time. Still pulling for Rossi but this is all too fantastical to be credible. It makes one really wonder what he is up to? .
March 11 (after the press release worrying about the Stockholm symposium, but still not hinting anything wrong with the MW test.):
March 21 (getting really worried about the Stockholm symposium. Still not telling it all, maybe still believing IH having some kind of NDA leash on Rossi – more worried about contractual issues):
Mats – Is there a chance that Rossi is operating outside of agreements with IH? Have you taken into account Rossi’s history of using half-truth to suite his purposes? These things must be considered here.
For whatever reason, you are personally raising the stakes to a very high level right now. You may already be crossing the point of no return. LENR doesn’t need another high profile failure right now. You will have responsibility for raising a lot of potentially harmful hype and interest. You risk taking a lot of people down with you if you are getting tricked by Rossi. Sober up man and stop believing EVERYTHING that Rossi is feeding you! This is getting beyond ridiculous.
March 25 (now starting to spin FUD on MW test, asking for power bills!!! and no money changing hands, and stating he does not know where the installation is… yeah):
Now that you bring it up, I wonder what happened to that customer? It seems that the E-Cat 1MW project went suddenly quiet as Rossi jumped to the “Quark”. My guess is that there was no real customer and not a dime changed hands. Would love to see the power bills from wherever this installation was. I just realized that in the LENRIA 2016 calendar picture that Rossi is wearing a jacket while “listening” to his 1MW system – was it that chilly next to that system? The heat had to be huge coming off a 1MW steam generator. A heat protection suit would be needed, not a jacket to protect against the chill. He is in a golf shirt in the other picture. Look at the available evidence folks. It does not add up.
March 26 (MW trouble materializing, but still not all in … actually bashing the QuarkX against the MW test… Strange isn’t it?) :
Nice work.
B r, H
Hi,
These set of comments are interesting, but in the broad sense come across as very reasonable ?.
While I have seen other comments attributed to Dewey Weaver that did not impress me, this set of comments are cohesive and rationale in regard to what Andrea Rossi has been doing and claiming.
They don’t exonerate IH from making what now appears to be appalling judgement in going to work with Andrea Rossi and paying Rossi two separate and large sums of money for working reactors. However, these comments do open the door (as some of us have already done elsewhere) as to what IH’s game plan has been in regard to raising capital based on telling investors of Andrea Rossi’s progress and success.
Doug Marker
I agree. What I find most interesting is the shift in focus from the quarkX to MW test as a result of the complaint. IH were planning to negotiate with Rossi still in the NDA contract leash. But with the complaint they had to a 180 and discredit the whole thing including first going ad-hominem on Penon but then realizing they actually contracted Penon themselves … etc.
Sifferkoll,
I do like your incredibly sharp focus on the oddities of peoples’ behavior.
IMHO you have a very very sharp ability to hone in on what matters 🙂
I do confess that I am bothered by the claimed ‘stunning’ progress that Andrea claims in LENR and how each new claim always seems to allow him to step ahead of the current or past lack of confirmation – it is bothersome.
But IH’s apparent behavior is more than a match for any questions about Andrea Rossi and those claims that Andrea is the master of manipulation. Please keep up your ‘blow torch’ focus.
Doug Marker
Thanks! I actually believe Rossi and those that have seen the progress with their own eyes don’t see this lack of confirmation. There is only a lack of public acceptance which is fueled by FUD from those inventing n+1 fraud/incompetence scenarios from second hand data. I talked to Andrea about it and this is the reason he does not see any point in aiming for those kind of “confirmations”. It is a waste of time, since there is always the n+1 factor.