Another photo has been posted on the Leonardo Corporation Twitter page. https://twitter.com/LeonardoCorpor3/status/1782426476773576999 The description reads: “A setup showing testing and measuring of the core of the E-Cat NGU, with connected spectrometer, oscilloscopes and multimeters. ” I believe that the core of the E-Cat is in the foreground, between the wooden blocks. It looks like it […]
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Leonardo Corp. Publishes Photo of a E-Cat NGU Heater
Another new photo has been added to Leonardo Corporation’s X account today. This one is of what is described as “a prototype heater we have under development in our lab. This heater is powered by the E-Cat NGU, no connection to the grid is needed.” The E-Cat began as a heater. Initially it was thought […]
New Photo Showing Current Form Inside E-Cat
Here is a new post and photo on Leonardo Corporation’s X/Twitter account showing a waveform on an oscilloscope: Here is a photo of the current form inside the reactor of the E-Cat pic.twitter.com/ymAOR8Bfl0 — E-Cat The New Fire (@LeonardoCorpor3) April 17, 2024 The caption reads “Here is a photo of the current form inside the […]
Video: “I Failed – Why Academia Sucks” (Sabine Hossenfelder)
I watched this video this morning and thought I’d share it here. YouTube physicist Sabine Hossenfelder gives a short account of her career as a physicist and discusses her experience of trying to have a satisfying career as a scientist in academia, and why it ultimately did not work out for her. She talks about […]
Friends of the Earth Sues to Prevent Extension of California Nuclear Plant Operation
Environmental advocacy group Friends of the Earth has filed a lawsuit against the United States Department of Energy because of the DOE’s recent decision to award $1 billion to keep the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in California beyond its scheduled closure in 2025. The Diablo Canyon plant provides 9 per cent of California’s electricity […]
Video: “Cosmic Summit Live Plasmoidian Edition w/ Randall Carlson, Malcolm Bendall, Bob Greenyer + more!”
Thanks to Bob Greenyer for the following post and video link to an online discussion: “Cosmic Summit Live Plasmoidian Edition w/ Randall Carlson, Malcolm Bendall, Bob Greenyer + more!” Get your tickets here [for the 2024 Cosmic Summit to be held in Greensboro, North Carolina]: https://bit.ly/cosmicsummit Don’t forget these MFMP discount codes! BOOM50 – $50 […]
Rossi Announces Livestream Will Not Resume
Today Andrea Rossi posted the following announcement on the Journal of Nuclear Physics Andrea Rossi March 29, 2024 at 4:12 AM Dear Readers: Important information: We decided not to resume the streaming that has been interrupted in October. The reasons are: 1- it is unavoidable and out of our control that now and again the […]
Japanese Team Reports Anomalous Heat Generation from Nano-Structured Metal Composites and Hydrogen Gas System
Thanks to a reader for letting me know about an article published this month (March 2024) in the Japanese Journal of Applied Physics in which a team at Tohoku University in Japan have reported anomolous excess heat production in a system using nano-structured multilayer metal composites and hydrogen gas. Article Title: “Anomalous heat generation that […]
Some Changes With the E-Cat NGU
From recent comments by Andrea Rossi on the Journal of Nuclear Physics it sounds like some changes have been made in the development of the newest version of the E-Cat, which is the E-Cat NGU. The main difference seems to be that the E-Cat NGU at the moment is being developed as a base 100 […]
Saudi Aramco CEO States Energy Transition is Failing, Unrealistic
A CNBC article published yesterday (March 19 2024) reports remarks made by CEO of Saudi Aramco (the world’s largest oil and gas company) at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas which have made quite a stir. He stated that the energy transition (away from fossil fuels) is failing and that “We should abandon the […]
Next-Generation Geothermal Interest Growing
I have noticed a growing interest in geothermal as a possible breakthrough energy source. This week, at the large energy conference CERAWeek, held in Houston, Texas, there are going to be various presentations about the potential of geothermal energy, and the U.S. Department of Energy is expected to publish a new ‘Liftoff’ report about the […]
Data Centers for Crypto mining and AI Causing Electricity Demand to Soar
An article in the New Yorker by Elizabeth Kolbert titled “The Obscene Energy Demands of A.I.” discusses the impact that data centers that run both artificial intelligence and cryptocurrency server systems have on the demand for electricity. https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-obscene-energy-demands-of-ai The article quotes Open IA CEO Sam Altman on the topic who said recently at the World […]
“Compact Fusion” (Horace R. Drew)
Thanks to lifeiswhatyoumakeit for posting about this on the Always Open thread. He asks “Is anyone here aware of the work of Dr Horace Drew and what he terms “Compact Fusion” ?” I had not heard of him until now, and some searching on X and found a couple of recent tweets from Dr. Horace […]
Introducing the Lenr Bot
A reader sent me a link to a bot he has created called lenr bot. https://lenr-bot.com He says it is based on thousands of Disqus comments from E-Cat World, as well as the entire MFMP corpus of YouTube videos. As an example, I asked the bot how the E-Cat works. Here was the response: The […]
E-Cat NGU Problems ‘Are Being’ Resolved
Andrea Rossi gives very little detail about the situation in terms of the situation with the development of the E-Cat NGU. A number of inquirers are trying to find out if the NGU is ready, if all problems have been resolved. He usually responds to questions with a yes or a no, which leaves room […]