I think there is ambiguity. It could be interpreted either way. In fact, I think the best interpretation is that "the plant" referred to the whole setup, including the equipment on the JMP side. Otherwise, why would the email say that the "Customer will install the plant"?
IHFB: your thoughts here are pointedly biased, as has been the case often on this thread.
I refer you to sigmoidal's excellent summary (with original references) below. Now here is the test for your reading skills:
(1) Rossi is claiming (lying) that the customer already has a factory in Florida, and runs his own secret process
(2)
a. the Customer will install the plant in a factory of his in Florida.
b. I confirm all I already said: we have a Customer who pays 1,000 $/day to rent the 1MW plant, put it in his factory in Miami, produce catalyzers that he sells; I will direct the operation of the plant for the first year, the contract will be for 3 years, renewable.
c. ...He needs to prepare the factory in Florida with a dryer to be coupled with our plant, under my direction, and this work has to be started as soon as possible...
You read only a. and (stretching plausibility in the context) think the best interpretation is that plant refers to the customer's factory equipment, as well as the Rossi 1MW plant. The other quotes b. and c., which you ignore, make the matter clearer. Note that b. is also saying the customer will install the plant, with no ambiguity as to meaning, so apparently Rossi needs to say this and your question above is therefore moot.
What is it about this story that encourages otherwise apparently rational posters to so distort interpretations? You might almost think there is a virus, caught from over-reading of Rossi's JONP, that requires sufferers to adopt Rossi-esque distortions as fact.
Display MoreWell, let's take a look at Rossi's emails in June 2014 on the Docket, to see exactly what he said (Document 236-28):
On June 3rd, 1pm (excerpt):
[unrelated]
...
p.s.
I have found a Customer that will use the 1MW plant in his factory in Florida, paying Industrial Heat and also I am in contact with the health Care office for the authorization. I think in short time we can have the 1MW plant in operation. We must stay extremely focused on this now.
- Rossi has found a Customer, and 'he' is none other than Rossi himself. (BTW, Isn't this the highest level of Masow's hierarchy of needs, 'self discovery'? Rossi has found himself!)
- Rossi states that he is also in contact with the 'health Care office' for the authorization. (Does anyone believe he actually was in contact with such an agency?)
On June 3, 3:39pm (excerpt):
... it is necessary to have:
1- A Customer that uses the energy of the plant
2 - The necessary authorizations
If you have found the solutions, welcome. If not, I have and it is necessary we talk about these issues to establish a roadmap.
Warm Regards to all,
Andrea
- Rossi has 'found the solution', and he points out IH has not. Rossi's solution is to pose himself as the 'real customer' to IH.
Leonardo Corporation [controlled by Rossi] has found this solution:On June 20th (excerpt):
...
a- a Customer has been found who will rent the 1MW plant to use it as a dryer for his chemical additives and catalyzers.
b- the Customer will install the plant in a factory of his in Florida.
c- the Customer will pay 1,000 $/day of rental fee starting from when the plant will be declared from me ready to operate. [Rossi is clearly talking about the 1MW plant here]
d- the director of the plant will be made by Andrea Rossi, for free, for the first 350 days of operation of the plant. [Again, Rossi is clearly talking about the 1MW plant here - any other meaning would be absurd - like he's going to operate the "real Customer's" plant for free?' that would certainly raise suspicion by IH]
e-Andrea Rossi will be assisted by Fulvio Fabiani who is a consultant of Industrial Heat. [Note that Fabiani has said he was not allowed on the JMP side. So this further supports the context that Rossi is describing how he will be supported in running the 1MW plant (not the JMP 'plant' - which was really just a crude serpentine pipe radiator - not any kind of 'plant').]
f- the Customer will have no access to the technology [of the 1MW e-cat], but his workers will be instructed to use the plant [again, this can only be construed to mean the 1MW plant] Maintenance and recharge will be made by Industrial Heat with the direction of Andrea Rossi. Since I have already started the operation regarding this plan please let me know if you agree upon all. [Rossi states that he 'had already started', but actually didn't have a warehouse, factory, real customer, or any reason for a 1 MW dryer (or dryer of any size energy)]
On June 10th and 23rd, Rossi sent emails that I already dissected in my previous post. The only statements describing 'direction' (excerpts):
June 10:
...
I confirm all I already said: we have a Customer who pays 1,000 $/day to rent the 1MW plant, put it in his factory in Miami, produce catalyzers that he sells; I will direct the operation of the plant for the first year, the contract will be for 3 years, renewable. The customer will not have access to the reactors.
...
- The Customer is Rossi - he had no factory, produced no catalyzers to sell.
- The only mention of the word 'plant' in this email is the 1MW plant, which of course someone had to 'direct' - so obviously, Rossi is stating that he will direct the 1MW plant, not "the Customer's".
- It's easy, however, to see how Rossi could confuse himself about these issues, given that he is talking about himself in the second and third person all the time.
June 23:
... He needs to prepare the factory in Florida with a dryer to be coupled with our plant, under my direction, and this work has to be started as soon as possible...
- Rossi is clearly stating that the 1MW plant will be under his direction, not the "Customer's" dryer. (Of course, we now know that he was directing everything, since this was all part of his scam.)
- Rossi cannot reasonably argue that this sentence, in context, is stating that he 'informed IH that he would be directing the plant in JM' for (at least) two reasons:
- 1) 'JM' has not even been mentioned yet, and is not stated in the email. Rossi didn't 'reveal' Johnson Mathey or JM until July.
- 2) At most, the sentence could be meaning that 'under my direction' would apply to the 'coupling' of the 1MW plant to the customers dryer, not to directing the customer's dryer (which Rossi does not call a plant). Rossi only uses the word 'plant' to refer to the 1MW plant. He makes this clear when he references it as 'our plant'.
Based on the evidence on the docket, Rossi's statements on JONP that he informed IH that he would be directing 'JM' are untrue. There are no emails in June (or any other time) where Rossi informs IH that he is the director of JM. Of course, we now know that he directed everything. And it is clear from the emails, that this was his pre-conceived plan to deceive and scam IH.