Bob,
I think that Ni-H LENR does not work, I have said it as such very clearly
I can respect that. You have been clear and shown your logical reasoning. I cannot prove Ni-H works nor would I risk much on the "bet that it does" right now. I do think that there is enough credible work (Cravens, Storms, etc) that provide enough credible data to continue the investigation.
What is unfortunate, is that some base their faith on what they want to be true, not objective facts.
I have hope that a LENR process may be found that can be of great value to the world. I have little fact that shows that is will be available soon.
It is a wide division we see here. There are those who's faith is based upon the end result rather than the supporting facts. The end result of the eCat working is so great, that they must adhere to anything that supports that end. It simply cannot be that it is not real, so they become blind to anything negative against it! Sad.