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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
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Ignitionnet mate, I'm only 1 minute into reading that "rebuttal" and I've already spotted a half dozen errors, I have no idea who the author is but the author is clearly an idiot, and I really can't be bothered to read the rest. But I'll make an effort.
I hope I'm not coming across a bit moody, as an engineer I have very little time for these know-nothing know it all pseudo-academic types (plenty of them in the science sector btw), plus I haven't yet had my morning caffeine uptake.
Okay, here goes.
1) Self-sustaining energy output, without a hookup to an external energy source.
"Three years ago, nuclear physicist Peter Thieberger diagrammed out a very simple circuit that could fool any device designed to measure the current through a wire, that I present to you below."
This point is laughable. What the author here calls a "clever circuit" is actually just common sense and common knowledge to those who understand electrics (like me). I have one of these clamp ac meters, and it clearly says on the box that only one wire must be clamped at a time otherwise the signals will cancel out, its in the instructions. There is practically zero probability a gimmick like this would fool these professional researchers. This guy must be on drugs to refer to this as a "clever circuit" and even reference its
designer...jeez.
Its also completely unreasonable to expect a reaction to be completely self sustaining with no power input whatsoever, I'm nearly lost for words on that point.
2) A quality, closed-calorimeter measurement of the heat output.
Oh my God this guy is an idiot.
I have a fair amount of experience of calorimeters from my time working in the hot nuclear fusion sector, and this is not how they are used. Yes, they can detect and measure the total heat input/output (which is where the author was coming from), but they are used to detect
small changes, and what difference does it make since the author clearly thinks far more electricity is going in that is being measured, so whats the point?
There is no dispute as to whether or not there is more power coming out than electrical power measured going in. If it were borderline, then in that case it might be worth spending tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of dollars constructing a custom calorimeter capable of measuring larger amounts of power. However....
The author could do with some schooling himself on some basic mathematics. 1.5 megawatt hours is 5400000000 Joules. This is enough energy to boil nearly 2 and half TONNES of water into steam (2391.5 kg). Calorimetry? This guys on crack.
Checking for hidden wires? No mate, just check their electric bill.
Granted the reaction was run for 32 days, and that timescale could have been reduced, but to be frank, they would need to run the reaction for a long while to build up data and demonstrate consistent running.
I've just glanced over points 3, 4, and 5. And oh dear, its just more of the same (obvious mistakes, assumptions galore), I've better things to do than tear apart idiotic "skeptic" posts on the internet.