Recently, people have been talking about Andrea Rossis reactor that operated for 350 days and produced six times more energy than it consumed. Is it a scam or can we talk about a breakthrough technology here?
Yes! Or rather, NO! Have a read to get you up to speed. E-Cat is only his latest and most successful long-running scam. In his first one he convinced people that he could convert toxic waste into oil (sound familiar?)
http://newenergytimes.com/v2/sr/RossiECat/Andrea-Rossi-Energy-Catalyzer-Investigation-Index.shtml"More than 100 Italian newspaper articles have published the facts of Rossi's Italian financial and environmental criminal history. After Rossi was released from prison, he began another energy scam, this time convincing the U.S. Army that he could develop thermoelectric devices that had record-breaking efficiency. After the Army funded Rossi, to its dismay, it learned that the devices Rossi promised would provide an output of 800 Watts each produced only 1 Watt."
And hey, that's the New Energy Times which actually believes in "low energy nuclear reactions".
https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2017/08/accumulated-evidence-that-rossi-e-cat-was-fraud.html"Krivits indicates that Rossis first trick was simple: He dumped hot water down a hole in the wall. Through carefully conceived methods of distraction, obfuscation, and lies about power measurements, he convinced the four professors who didnt know the kind of man they were up against to take him at his word that all the water had been turned into steam."
Again, this is coming from true believers. Believers... Three generations of Tesla groupies still haven't made one contribution. Here is why another three generations of cold fusion believers should quit now. Oh I can hear the cookie-cutter responses now... No imagination, where would we be if..., they said XXX was wrong, brainwashed by the establishment, blah blah blah... but these are all just mouth-noises a scammer makes when he sees his livelihood threatened. Nobody with access to this sort of technology, if it worked, would be dumpster-diving in a place like this. One real proper demonstration, which should be trivial, and they'd have billions shoved down their throats.
https://youtu.be/568iDYn8pjc?t=3m59s