Where do you think the E-Cat will take us? What do you think its future impact will be?
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My prediction is that Rossi’s E-Cat will run better using potassium formate or cesium formate solutions (i.e. liquids) as the source of hydrogen. Both of these formate solutions are known to inject (charge) nickel with hydrogen when heated, and will generate a steady flow of hydrogen into the nickel in the E-Cat. The rate of hydrogen insertion into the nickel can be controlled by the temperature, and any excess hydrogen produced in the reactor will raise the pressure and move the reaction equilibrium back towards formate. Rossi could rent out lease) the formate solutions to the E-cat users and take them back for regeneration after a certain amount of time/depletion. This would be a much better, simpler and safer process than messing around with pressurised hydrogen. The formate solutions are non-hazardous, “green”, safe to handle and available in kilotonne quantities. For further information contact : john@formatebrine.com
I can see a potential use in the short-medium term to retrofit existing steam locomotives with such a system. And even in the long term see locomotive builders return to building new steam locomotives.
In the heritage and tourism sector especially, where locomotives are used only on weekends, the constant heating/ cooling does damage to the boiler.
With a LENR solution, the boiler could be kept warm when not in use and unattended.
Another issue which lowered their efficiency, was the requirement to stop and refill the tender with water on a regular basis. With LENR technology, the need for coal is eliminated, increasing the water capacity by around 30%, increasing the distance covered without the need to refuel.
One big advantage of diesel locomotives is the ability to control multiple units from a single control stand. With modern control systems, even this would be possible with new steam locomotives.
My predictions about LENR could be weird for some people but this is what i think will happen:
Electricity companies will still try to charge you the same but have 100 times more benefits.
Lenr energy will be used to power the new plasma engines for spaceships making the exploration and colonization of the solar system easier and faster.
Terraforming mars will stop being lunacy.
Space cities will flourish orbiting not only earth but other planets or satellites.
People will start trying to make their own spaceships.
Once mars is colonized, space piracy will be rampant assaulting cargo and combat ships and even colonies.
With free energy, the asteroid belt will became the Caribbean of the future infested with pirates of every kind making their profit from the mars-earth commerce.
Pirates will use neutron bombs to take over colonies as they destroy living beings but not installations.
Slavery will come back. Pirate cities in the asteroid belt will use prisoners as workforce and sexual slaves.
Pirates will use genetic engineering to adapt their bodies to life in space (for example, stop the reduction of bone mass caused by absence of gravity).They will become a new species more adapted to space life and colonization than humans.
There seems to be many people working on LENR. Rossi was the first to make it work and his Ecat is constantly being improved. I have followed Rossi for over a year now and believe that he has made a great discovery. I see no point in doubting him at this point. The LENR is still in its infancy.
Here is a reminder that the whole field of LENR may be anything but pure snake oil:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/apr/02/us-plans-nuclear-drones
Rossi approached Australian entrepreneur Dick Smith seeking a $200,000 investment. Smith said if Rossi could provide a demonstration and prove beyond reasonable doubt that the E-cat worked he would donate $1000000 to Rossi.
Smith sent aerospace engineer Ian Bryce to an investors meeting held in New South Wales. Bryce examined the previous demonstrations results determined;
The measurements showing the current into the Rossi machine have been done on the brown lead which is normally active. However, if the green lead had been connected to the active, either in the three-pin plug or behind the wall outlet, and the green lead also became connected to some inputs to the reactor in the jumble of wires in the blue box, there would be extra power flowing which was not measured. Alternatively, other misconnections involving the earth and neutral wire are possible.
Rossi refused to have anything more to do with Smith.
My prediction?
Rossi will go down in history as a fraud.
The gullible will move on to the next fantastic, wonderous invention and keep donating money to line the snake oil salesmen.
Anson there goes my fantasy .Are you happy now????
It may well be as someone super rich has not killed him yet.