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E-Cat SSM Verification & Demo

  All is quiet on the Stockholm front pending results of the imminent SKL verification. Goodbye fossil and fission fuels even though their withdrawal causes disruptions in energy and financial markets. Industrialized nations will soon crowd LENR line-ups in order to meet Paris Co2 commitments -and keep their economies competitive.  While progressive nations engage in LENR r & d, Canada bets on dirty oil and risky nuclear energy.  Canadian policies won’t protect jobs and living standards as  competitors shift from centralized energy generation to cheap distributed pollution and radioactive-free heat and electricity production. Still, with  the help of mainline press old physicists try to convince the media, politicians and students that there is no cheap clean alternative to 1970's radioactive energy.  Friday's July 31st start of the Stockholm E-Cat test is related to high power density. Permanent SSM (self sustain mode) is the critical operational...

Emerging from Energy and Pandemic Transformations

   For CEOs, politicians and voters, it’s not a matter of how LENR works, but rather early validation, a specific time frame, and the likely impacts on economies, jobs and transport. The  E-Cat World  Forum's  always-open-thread   is a great place for new readers to track LENR's march to market. T une in Friday, July 31st for progress on the SKL reactor's high power density trials.              COVID-19 restrictions present a window for industrial nations to plan a leap-frog of both polluting and radioactive energy. Already diminished markets for expensive fossil and nuclear fuels is pushed by geothermal, hydrogen, solar, wind and soon by on-site LENR -all accelerated by a warming climate and the pandemic catalyst. A major transition of the electricity system is key to solving the climate change problem. LENR allows us to move quickly to further electrify our building, heating and transportation sectors which accou...

Requiem for Internal Combustion

                                          Automotive Re-make  Robotic manufacturing and 3-D printing now converge with major energy breakthroughs. Automotive and energy suppliers will see more changes in the next 5 years than they absorbed in the last 25; the speed and scope of disruptions are taking, CEOs, elected, graduates and investors by surprise.  Yes, the internal combustion engine and transmission drive train are already being replaced by battery platforms; these platforms will in turn be adapted to cheap space-saving LENR-type electricity generators; no limited range or chaging stations required.   Look how fast Elon Musk, batteries and robotics change the automotive industry:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=G8dcGQWlc7E   And, how fast Ulrich Kranz and Hyundai move on their "skate board" ev platform: https://electrek.co...

LENR Self Sustain Mode -Verification & Demo Event

     All is quiet on the Stockholm  front pending release of summer's Independent LENR Test and Demonstration event. Good by coal, other fossil fuels and fission nuclear; their withdrawal are causing r everberations  in energy markets. Industrialized nations will crowd LENR line-ups in order to meet Paris Co2 commitments -and to keep their economies competitive.   Permanent SSM (Self Sustain Mode) is the critical operational change that suddenly simplifies verification; with SSM there is no out-side electricity input to start up or sustain a running LENR reactor.      Stocks of champagne and roast crow run low. Grumbling skeptics have gone silent.     It’s not just climate deniers in national capitals who would now deny transition to the cheapest cleanest energy available as vintage physicists try to convince politicians there is no alternative to 1970’s radioactive energy.   The World Nuclear Status Report sums ...

Obfuscation in LENR's Last Mile

    https://www. nytimes.com/2020/ 01/08/opinion /nuclear-power- germany.html     Here are some short extracts from a recent   blog post   applicable to the  New York Times energy op ed.   As weeds among rocks, predjuices are tenacious. Leverage the best of existing with the emerging. Public action & consensus make a difference. Learn by recalling the fate of Nicola Tesla. Lemmings and their leaders are all losers. Seek safe, low-cost and no-cost options. Solution applied too late is no solution. Do it now, not soon, not tomorrow.    Having the largest and oldest operating nuclear complex in the world, it is time Canada followed the example of Austria, Australia, New Zeland, Germany, Italy, Japan and Switzerland and shedule closure of aged nuclear reactors -or follow France in issuing iodine pills to millions put at risk of thyroid cancer. E ducating voters on the urgency  of iodine pills, sets of...

Seven- Minute MBA Minus Case Studies and Presentations

   Insightful ideas are best expressed in short sentences. Students, and word-smiths ably compress essence of long notes into one-liners.   Edward de Bono, of lateral thinking fame, challenged us to distill profundities into 7-word phrases.  The following compilation was by JD Sweeney. Use gift of words to lift others. We are in this alone all together. Dare to think and do new things. Learn from a good idea gone bad. Find a niche, then scratch to win. A dreamer be, but become a doer. Sell the vision and build the team. Think big, start small, but act fast. Do it now; not soon, not tomorrow. Be alert and share all that matters. I t's never too late to cease smoking. Chain smoke, go fast; be a statistic. Be a connector of ideas and people. Spot the best ideas and adapt them. A good excuse doesn’t fix a problem. Getting most out of every word pays. Turn an ugly idea into elegant reality. See opportunity in  midst of disruption. Solution...

All Aboard -for the Health of the Environment & Humanity

          LENR Experimentation  is Over, Testing Winds Up as Production Nears     Big Media extol the benefits of legacy energy suppliers and the potential of fission research, while neglecting to inform readers of the arrival of affordable, practical and ultra-clean energy.  With on-site LENR we are no longer captive energy consumers. Hence, NGOs and small press need not await full verification before heralding  LENR's last mile to market.      Without taxpayer assistance, Leonardo Corporation and Brilliant Light Power finalize follow through on their respective patents and business models of selling clean heat and electricity. as services.  Underwriters Lab certification of clean generation of energy plus robotic manufacture, are keys to world-wide reduction in Co2 emissions and elimination  of radiation accidents. Clean means no polluting emissions and  no radiation.   The failure...