http://www.popsci.com/article/science/dubious-cold-fusion-machine-acquired-north-carolina-company?dom=PSC&loc=recent&lnk=1&con=dubious-cold-fusion-machine-acquired-by-north-carolina-company

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"Well, this is an interesting acquisition: A U.S. company called Industrial Heat has bought the rights to the notorious (and dubious) cold fusion technology called the Energy Catalyzer, or E-Cat. The device was created by Italian inventor Andrea Rossi, a convicted scam artist who has claimed for years that it can produce energy in the form of heat, far more than it consumes. If it really functions, it could cheaply power the world without producing pollutants. In May 2013, Rossi announced that an independent group had verified that his machine worked. As Popular Science pointed out at the time, however, the results of the tests were not peer-reviewed; the paper also "left out crucial details, for example referring to 'unknown additives' instead of specifying what chemicals actually go into the reaction." The same paper was linked to in the announcement from the company today (Jan. 24). There are many reasons to be skeptical of the technology, considering that it has never been conclusively proven to work, and claims to work via an unfamiliar chemical reaction. Rossi has also previously passed off spurious inventions, and has repeatedly backed-out of third party testing of the E-Cat, for example with NASA. Regardless, Industrial Heat, based in Raleigh, N.C., hopes to "make the technology widely available," it said in the announcement. "The world needs a new, clean and efficient energy source," said company spokesman JT Vaughn, who didn't immediately reply to a call seeking comment. "Such a technology would raise the standard of living in developing countries and reduce the environmental impact of producing energy.""

Because they're dumb.

1/27/2014 10:05:23 PM

Pls to hurry up to take me out of the slum

1/27/2014 10:07:16 PM

i read a popular science article on this guy and his "reactor" maybe a year ago... he was paranoid, evasive, and wouldn't answer any questions directly. he must be legit.

1/27/2014 10:07:46 PM

^

[Edited on January 27, 2014 at 10:09 PM. Reason : also, steorn was fun to watch for a few years]

1/27/2014 10:08:39 PM

jtvaughn2

1/27/2014 10:10:03 PM

I searched for the company. The address is 111 hargett. Between landmark and sitti. Lulz.

1/27/2014 10:16:54 PM

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2012-10/andrea-rossis-black-box?nopaging=1

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"Rossi isn't the best ambassador for a field with credibility problems, though. In the '80s, he invented a machine that magically transformed household garbage and industrial waste into oil—only it didn't create a drop. Leaky storage tanks at Rossi's "poison factory," as one Italian newspaper called it, contained 77,000 tons of toxic sludge that cost $50 million to clean up. While under investigation for environmental crimes, Rossi was also charged with gold trafficking; he went to jail for six months and was later acquitted. As it happens, his engineering degree is from Kensington University, a notorious diploma mill shut down in 1996 by the state of California."

1/28/2014 9:24:35 AM