Two important dates are coming at the end of this month.
October 21, 2011
That's God's well hidden date for the end of the world. One very dedicated sleuth extricated the date from its biblical cypher. Unfortunately Harold Camping's reward for outsmarting God and coming up with the start of the rapture, on May 21, has been ridicule. Undaunted by God's sense of humor, he proclaimed Rapture Redux for October 21.
October 28, 2011
Even more sensational, at least for those of us remaining, is Cold Fusion Redux. You will recall that Martin Fleischmann and Stanley Pons received the world's ridicule in 1989 when they announced they had achieved cold fusion using deuterium and palladium metal. Their published experiment was never duplicated.
Andrea Rossi and Sergio Focardi will attempt a new cold fusion demonstration, renamed LENR (low energy nuclear reaction), based on Rossi's E-Cat (Energy Catalyzer). The process reportedly uses nickel and hydrogen and yields a byproduct of copper and iron. The two have performed demonstrations in the past to closed groups. This one will be on a much grander scale coupling 52 individual table top modules into one storage container sized plant that will produce 1 megawatt of self sustaining energy. If the demonstration is successful, it could change the world more than the internet, by allowing practically unlimited energy at almost no cost. The press has been understandably reluctant to report Rossi's work, but that may change on October 28. Here is a story in Forbes that includes plenty of further links if you are interested.
2 comments:
October 21 came and went along with Rapture Redux. I think we were the only members of the legitimate press who acknowledged the event. Happily we are all still materially here to witness October 28. Today is like the lottery…the chance of success may be small, but a successful outcome will be huge.
As always, In Progress will bring you the details—scientific, political, economic, as well as philosophic and religious, all wrapped in a 'Joie de vivre' attitude, if not out right belly laughs.
To keep our readers up to the minute on news of this Cold Fusion Redux, here is a comment made by Rossi (although I can't confirm that) minutes ago:
#Andrea RossiOctober 28th, 2011 at 10:37 AMFIRST INFORMATION REGARDING THE 1 MW PLANT TEST:WE SARTED REGULARLY THE TEST THIS MORNING . EVERYTHING IS GOING WELL SO FAR. THE 1 MW E-CAT IS WORKING IN SELF SUSTAINING.TONIGHT I WILL PUBLISH THE NON SECRET REPORT THAT THE CUSTOMER WILL RELEASE.WARM REGARDS, I HAVE TO RETURN TO THE PLANT. SORRY, I CANNOT ANSWER TO THE MANY COMMENTS I AM RECEIVING. I WILL PUBLISH THEM PROBABLY I WILL NEVER FIND THE TIME TO ANSWER.WARMEST REGARDS TO ALL,ANDREA ROSSI
Here's hope that he/we win the lottery, but I don't want to put on my rose-colored shades just yet.
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