OT: alternative energy

--- On Fri, 7/25/08, Mark Landin <marklandin@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Has anyone tried (and succeeded) in duplicating his
> experiment?
>
> has he submitted a working prototype to any independent
> testing organizations?
>
> When these things are true, I am willing to be a True
> Believer.[/color]
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Mark,

Thank you very much for the link, I have some reading time this weekend.

As for people recreating his experiements... the only thing I can add is from the first article.

"In 2005, leaders at Greenpeace asked Randy Booker, chair of the physics department at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, to fly to New Jersey to investigate BlackLight's claims. Booker says he was skeptical at the outset, but during his visit, "I found that they really were producing a great deal of excess energy with hydrogen," he says. "Some people may disagree with the theory, but the experiments work." Booker believes that commercialization could lead more independent laboratories to validate BlackLight's claims. He now performs paid research work for the company."

So either Randy Booker believes it, or he sold out.

-Craig

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On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 2:27 PM, Craig Lalley <mr_lalley@yahoo.com> wrote:[color=blue]
> "In 2005, leaders at Greenpeace asked Randy Booker, chair of the physics department at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, to fly to New Jersey to investigate BlackLight's claims. Booker says he was skeptical at the outset, but during his visit, "I found that they really were producing a great deal of excess energy with hydrogen," he says. "Some people may disagree with the theory, but the experiments work." Booker believes that commercialization could lead more independent laboratories to validate BlackLight's claims. He now performs paid research work for the company."
>
> So either Randy Booker believes it, or he sold out.[/color]

Maybe he sold out because he DID believe it. :)

While showing a working prototype is definitely big step in the right
direction, having a working prototype outside of Blacklight's office
will add a lot more credibility to their claims. I hope such a test
occurs soon.

The statement "Booker believes that commercialization could lead more
independent laboratories to validate BlackLight's claims" seems to be
putting the cart before the horse .. wouldn't independent lab testing
drive commercialization, not the other way around? Further, has ANY
independent lab done testing? I am not aware of any at this time.

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