E-cat Plant | Image courtesy of http://www.leonardo-ecat.com/
Andrea Rossi, inventor of the Energy Catalyzer, or E-Cat, has initially said that he would build a manufacturing facility in Italy, and perhaps another one in Sweden. However, due to recent issues with the Italian government, Rossi has decided not to build a plant in Italy. The Italian Secretary of State, Claudio De Vincenti, says that since Rossi is unwilling to disclose the “mode of operation” of the E-Cat units, there is just too much doubt about the device for the government to allow production of the technology in manufacturing plants.
Further suspicion is expressed concerning the fuel composition and the internal structure of the machine. The government official also says that Rossi has stated that there are no nuclear reactions taking place in the unit, yet it produces weak gamma rays. This is considered to be conflicting information, making Rossi’s motives suspect.
Of course, the E-Cat is still awaiting patent, and Rossi would be a fool to disclose his operating system. Private inventors especially are vulnerable to intellectual theft. Even with his Italian patent is granted, it won’t protect his invention in other countries. His product won’t be safe from copy-cats until he has an international patent, valid in every country in which the unit will be made available on the market.
Rossi has, since, announced that the production of his E-Cat will be for the U.S. only, at least at first and he says that obviously the spokesperson for the Italian Parliament is ignoring the need for patent protection.
The false statements contained in the answer that the Italian Government guy ( a deputy minister !!!) has given are a clear signal. If you analyse the language and compare the evident lack of specific information of this guy with the arrogance of his conclusions ( for example: “the patent will not be granted in Europe”, and he knows nothing of the pending patents, or ” Rossi in some occasion said his apparatus emits radiations, in other occasions said the contrary”, which is false because I always said that no radiations are emitted to the external of the apparatuses from the E-Cats, and I always said that the low level gamma rays inside the E-Cat are turned into heat) and compare the arrogance of the statements with the evident lack of information,as I was saying, the signal is clear: lobbies bound to the government have acted. Add the fact that a person, financed by the taxpayer, is blowing on the fire to try to stop us to promote more public funding to state owned companies that produced only chatters in 20 years of work, shake the all and the resulting cocktail is: better we stay away from there, if I want not to get stuck in the mud. We will sell in Italy our production, but will work safe in the USA and, probably, in Sweden, where we are organizing a strong organization.
Believing that special interest lobbyists have managed to sway Italian politicians, Rossi is concerned that production of his technology will be stonewalled. He therefore plans to market and build in the U.S. and in Sweden.
Considering his long-life history with his mother country, there’s no wonder he prefers other locations to carry on his work.
John De Herrera
May 22, 2012
“I always said that no radiations are emitted to the external of the apparatuses from the E-Cats, and I always said that the low level gamma rays inside the E-Cat are turned into heat)”
The Rossi statements are perfectly clear to me. A ‘microwave oven’ produces microwaves internally – but no microwaves externally and is safe. These tactics (twists of truth) will be used to try to stop Rossi and his E-Cats. The world public needs to respond forcefully to defend Rossi and his wonderful energy reactor. The future of this planet is dismal, if we don’t get a better, safer, cheaper source of energy. Please, everyone contact the Italian officials and scold them for this nonsense. jdh
Donald Griggs
May 28, 2012
Regarding Mr. Herrera’s comment of 22 May:
“…A ‘microwave oven’ produces microwaves internally – but no microwaves externally and is safe….”
Yes, I see that Rossi may have been completely consistent as you described. But the larger issue may be how an E-Cat device can be reasonably certified for safety.
You note that microwave ovens are “safe,” but they are so safe at least partially due to set of regulations for microwave leakage, door interlocks, required timer, interlock tamper resistance and failure modes, etc. — policies that required the regulators to spend lots of time with the devices and thoroughly understand their principles of operation.
The current nuclear fission power plants don’t emit much of any radiation beyond their containment buildings (in normal operation), but regulators would have a good laugh if the builder said, “I know this is safe, there’s no outside radiation, so where’s my certification?”
Fortunately for the planet, LENR is very new, very disruptive technology. The world has yet to be convinced of it working, much less have reasonable safety regulations in place.
Mr. Rossi has his reasons for not wanting all the technical details of his device revealed — partly, it seems, because of difficulties in being granted an international patent, but this will unfortunately work against him when confronting well-meaning safety regulators.
I hope that eventually regulating bodies world-wide will conclude that all E-cat’s reactions are self-limiting, and can never expose humans to higher bursts of gamma rays under any reasonable conditions, (and I also hope that is accurate, of course!) but it’s hard to see how a regulator could fully justify such a conclusion today.
It’s a bit of an unfortunate “chicken and egg” or “catch 22″ situation, as we say in the US.
Once LENR and it’s potential are more accepted, maybe a furious, fast-track approach to safety approval could help save our planet, but as it stands today, even if the E-cat never generated a trace of internal gamma rays and only dealt in heat, there’d be a worldwide set of perplexed regulators to be convinced.
US regulations
http://www.fda.gov/Radiation-EmittingProducts/RadiationEmittingProductsandProcedures/HomeBusinessandEntertainment/ucm116385.htm#lrs
John De Herrera
June 2, 2012
Donald Griggs, you have done an excellent job of expanding on my comments about dangerous radiations associated with the E-Catalizer. Absolutely, UL and other regulation agencies have to extensively test the E-Cat and be aware of any internal or external hazards. If they are satisfied the reactors are safe, then they can have the UL sticker applied and proceed to commercial sales.
I was defending Rossi’s comment that the radiations are contained and absorbed into the shielding, then help heat the water. His comments are for the general public to assure that the E-Cat can be used safely in a home or industry. He would not even think about telling Underwriters Laboratories the the reactor is safe and should be allowed in the market place now. jdh