The Evidence for the Rossi Reactor being real 1. The historical evidence from the last 20 years. There’s no space here to detail all the historical evidence, but there are hundreds of respected scientists, indeed some of the most respected, such as the two Nobel physicists I quoted earlier, who believe Cold Fusion is real. I’d go as far as to say that just about any rational scientist that examines the research for themselves, rather than relying on hearsay, would come to same conclusion.  Here’s a good document (PDF file) created by the US Defence Intelligence Agency in 2009 that just summarises Cold Fusion research over the last few years. Read it, and ask yourself one question; is it conceivable that all these researchers in all these countries would be doing this if there was absolutely nothing there at all? Even if you don’t believe all the Cold Fusion claims it’s self evident ‘something odd’ has been occurring. 2. Backed by a respected university professor Professor Sergio Focardi (from Bologna University in Italy - one of the oldest in the world) has a documented history of research going back to 1994 showing heat from this same Nickel/Hydrogen reaction. This isn’t some ‘out of the blue’ new claim or discovery. There’s a track record leading to the new announcements, from serious scientists who have been researching this for many years. 3. Professor Focardi teamed up with another Italian engineer (Andrea Rossi), who is primarily an experimentalist. Like the best experimentalists before him, such as Edison, he claims to have performed thousands of experiments, at first to reproduce the effect, and then optimizing it to produce large amounts of excess energy on demand. 4. Five separate demonstrations Since January this year (2011) there have been a progression of more impressive demonstrations in Italy. The device has been demonstrated to independent, third party experts a total of five times now. These third party physicists, scientists and sceptics have been able to examine and perform almost any test they like on the devices (e.g. measuring, by various means, the input and output energy) and have all come to the same conclusion: This device, despite being theoretically very unlikely, does appear to do what is claimed of it. 5. The signal to noise ratio. This is a general scientific term describing ‘how clear’ an effect is. Most earlier Cold Fusion experiments showed only small effects that could, according to critics, be experimental error. The new Rossi-Focardi effect is huge, and even the most gross experimental error couldn’t explain the amount of energy being demonstrated. (Kilowatts, from very small reactors.) 6. Money Most, if not all, typical ‘new energy’ scams involve attempts to defraud the unsuspecting and gullible of their money. The inventors of this device have done it all with their own money and have categorically said they want no money, and they will take no money from anyone until they deliver proven working devices. If the Rossi device is a scam, it’s unlike any scam I’ve ever seen before (and I’ve looked into a great many). 7. The second test was over an extended period of 18 hours, producing 15kW of continuous heating for the entire period. It’s close to impossible to fake effects on this scale, especially in front of an independent witness trying to find fault (this 18 hour test was a direct result of some earlier sceptics saying they needed a longer test and didn’t believe the steam calculations). 8. Device size The devices themselves are small (making it very difficult to hide alternative power sources). The latest generation is a smaller still, around just 50cc, (the size of a human fist) producing 2.5kW continuous power (for a claimed 6 months before refuelling). This rules out any known or traditional power source. On the other hand if Cold Fusion is real, then it could quite easily be this small and have this energy density. 9. A one megawatt device is next One megawatt is enough power to supply hundreds of homes. This is getting into power-station territory. Why would any scam artist ever attempt such a ridiculous thing?  Rossi’s point is that only something on this scale will stop the sceptics. In fact, this one megawatt generator is his first commercial device that he will be paid for. It’s inconceivable that any customer would pay for a device on this scale, that didn’t work. 10. The customer (a Greek company) for this first one-megawatt device has gone public and confirmed the facts, has said they not only believe Rossi, have performed their own due diligence, and are convinced it’s real. In fact they say they will be manufacturing and selling the Rossi reactors. 11. A second company, this time US based, has also gone public and admitted it also has a license to the technology. One backer of this company is a senior official from the US Department of Energy. They claim to have had private demonstrations last year, in addition to the more recent ones. Both the Greek and US company appear to be legitimate and independent of Rossi. Both companies claim to have access to hundreds of millions of dollars to role this technology out worldwide. You wouldn’t make such claims unless you were convinced it was real. Conclusion Added up, this cannot be dismissed as ‘junk science’. There is a progression of increasing evidence culminating in the first demonstrations of an actual high-power device, examined by critics and sceptics. This is either the most astounding discovery or the most astounding fraud, unlike any previous. I’ve examined every aspect I can, reviewed everything everything written about this, including all the original research papers going back to 1994, patent applications, read every word written by Rossi. In my opinion, this is the real thing.  So I believe, and would be willing to bet, this is the real thing. Questions Don’t believe it?  Have unanswered questions? Well you may find the answer here. When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. Sherlock Holmes What do you mean he never existed? © Charles Moir 2011