[NewCandle] Green Acres of Electrodes

[Keith Nagel]

>Yes but it is slower-going than anticipated. The first week
> or two of results last Fall were incredible; and seemed to be
> clearly OU, but since then it has been a slow process to try
> to understand and control the parameters. Sound familiar ?? 

Yeah, I like to call it progress (grin). Really, it's a hopeful
sign. What's a real death blow is when you get those initial
results, then everyones brains die and you can't do another
experiment 'cause it might "ruin" those great results. Some folks
get mighty squirrelly in those situations. Glad to see you're
not falling into that trap.

>Most of the fall-off relates to the catalyst in one way or another. 

Yeah, I'll bet it does. People spend lifetimes doing that kind
of work, even when the physics is well know. OTOH, it's possible
in some cases to "cheat" on a prototype and do things that'd
never be practical outside the lab ( like for example making a
fresh batch of catalyst for each and every experimental run ).

>We are still hoping that  Congress will  set up the "H-Prize"
> and make the effort worthwhile - after which it will all go into the public domain.

Hmmm.... Congress??? Bwahahaha!!!!! We'll be knee deep in water here
in NYC before those morons wake up. It's pretty clear from the
past 6 years that we're on our own here.

K.