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Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

woodworker 511 posts to date Motive? Fraud? Science?

"Point to be noted is that, as the name it suggests, ‘cold nuclear fusion can be visualized as a peculiar exothermic nuclear physical phenomenon associated with fusion of atoms at low temperatures of the order 300 to 1000 degree Kelvin against currently believed fusion of atoms associated with a temperature of the order of million degree Kelvin. Cold fusion experiments can be classified into two categories’. First one is ‘Electrolytic Cold Fusion’ associated with ‘Electrolysis of Deuterium’ and second one is ‘Hydrated Cold Fusion’ associated with ‘preheating of hydrated metals in a pressurized reactor’."

Also note

"Based on the repeatable nature of hydrated cold fusion experiments conducted by S. Focardi, Andrea Rossi, A.G. Parkhomov, E.O. Belousova Yu. LN. Bazhutov, A.I. Gerasimova, V.P. Koretskiy, Yasuhiro Iwamura, Tadahiko Mizuno, Jed Rothwell, Prahlada Ramarao, N.S. Varaprasad, P. Shyam Sunder and Shashank G Dath and other eminent scientists [5-22], it seems compulsory to review the basics of cold nuclear fusion positively."-Seshavatharam and Lakshminarayana 2021

As I noted, I don't comment on the science side as I understand very very very little of it. So I have no idea what you are talking about there and why it is or is not important or relevant.

Quote from Alan Smith

There are several more acts to play yet. Even if you lose, in many jurisdictions you can ask a jusge to audit the costs for accuracy and reasonable expectation of value.

Alan: I don't comment (or very very little) in your areas, you know, science stuff. Please don't opine on American law -- you are not a lawyer. If AR is being sued by a litigation services provider, I am 99.44% certain that their standard services agreement provides for attorneys' fees and costs.

AR is potentially on the hook for three categories of payments: (1) costs for the actual services or goods rendered by the service provider -- all they have to prove to the judge and/or jury is that they rendered their services or delivered their goods, that they met the required specifications and that AR did not pay -- at that point there is no disputing the "value" of their goods or services (at least 99% of the time). They prove they delivered, that AR did not pay and they win.

(2) the second category is "costs" of the litigation. But costs do not include the attorneys' fees -- they include the filing fee, let's say approximately $500, the costs of hiring a court reporter for both trial and for depositions, the costs of hiring any experts and similar costs. FYI, many civil courts no longer provide a free court reporter and if you want a transcript, whether for daily review (really expensive) or in case you anticipate losing and needing one for appeal, transcripts are not cheap. Transcripts for depositions and a 3 day trial can easily exceed $10K. Judges are not going to adjust actual costs -- you win, you get them.

(3) The big driver though is attorneys' fees -- let's assume that the plaintiff has one partner, one associate and one paralegal working the case, which would be fairly light staffing. I would expect a mid-size law firm partner in Miami to bill out at no less than $700 per hour before trial actually starts and at least $1,000 an hour during trial. Mid-level associate somewhere around $400 an hour and a paralegal around $125 an hour. This sounds as if it is not a terribly complicated collection case -- there should absolutely be no discussion or evidence regarding the widget itself -- I would expect the plaintiff's law firm to have spent no more than 50 partner hours, 150 associate hours and the same for the paralegal. Of course if AR is actively resisting discovery, that means that the partner, et al, get to spend more time preparing routine motions to compel and going to court (although via zoom, it is still court time) arguing these motions and lots of billable time fighting with AR's lawyers. So my estimates might be low. You can see that this gets very expensive very quickly. And yes judges have the right to adjust the number of hours a lawyer can charge, and the rate, but if the rate is the market rate in that area, the judge is unlikely to cut by more than 10%, and if AR has been a jerk about complying with his discovery obligations, judges get pissed off.

American judges really don't cut jury awards when it comes to collection matters -- those are pretty cut and dried. If the provider did their job, they get paid whether you win or lose.

One last note: Florida is a very generous state for individuals who file for bankruptcy -- they make your primary residence essentially off limits to creditors. But IIRC AR has multiple properties in Florida and he can only claim one as his primary residence. And if he tries to shield the other properties from his creditors -- well, the bankruptcy courts frown on that, unless of course you are really wealthy and you have really good lawyers. And I suspect that the caliber of lawyers who could do that for him would want an engagement fee in excess of what is in dispute in the present litigation. And that fee has to be paid before you file bankruptcy. I have been involved in a few cases where the engagement retainer, for individuals, was $500K.

Quote from nkodama

I would like to know the Ross7S E-CAT is fake or not.

At least E-CAT power density is the better than other technology, So I want to know that this is a fake.

If this is not a fake, E-CAT is OK, and other reactor should show the power density value like below.

MWH/10m3 etc to compare with E-CAT.

I know that E-CAT is not based on real cold fusion mechanism but I think that E-CAT power density is not bad compared with the latest power density in the peppers.

So I hope every reactor should show the power density compared with E-CAT.

If this E-CAT power density is a fake this is really a trouble.

So I want to know that this power density is real or not.

I think that E-CAT is not based on Cold Fusion mechanism so it is difficult to trigger Cold Fusion, so they use very strange triggering techniques to use laser etc.

If you mention that this(laser trigger) is a fake, I agree with that.

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Simple and short answer: FAKE, TOTAL BULLSHI*.

https://scitechdaily.com/mit-e…f-generating-electricity/

Quote from Wasp

Considering the buyer profile, it is not surprising the appearance of many such sellers

And if you send him money you will either get nothing or something bogus -- no risk at all, a sure thing.

Quote from truth

About this kind of lawsuit does the possibility of prescription exist after a certain number of years without a final judgment?

If yes (apart paied witness solution) the magician would like not better then.

A few thoughts from a California lawyer. First, I have NOT reviewed the docket or the publicly available documents. Having said that:

(1) if the contract was for litigation document management services, I would expect the contract to have an attorney's fees clause pursuant to which the winning party recoups their reasonable (as approved by the judge) attorney's fees;

(2) most jurisdictions in the United States have Statutes of Limitations providing that actions have to be brought within a certain period of time -- generally for breaches of contract somewhere between 4 - 6 years (each State makes its own rules);

(3) as long as the action was commenced within the time limit, it doesn't make a difference if it is not concluded within the time limit -- civil cases have to go behind criminal cases (although Florida may have separate civil and criminal courts) and it is not at all unusual for civil cases to take several years;

(4) if the plaintiff here had not timely commenced the action, AR's counsel would have immediately filed a motion to dismiss, which would have been granted;

(5) as I have noted several times, I am not a physicist, engineer or any sort of hard scientist, I am a lawyer -- therefore I don't opine on matters where I have no expertise -- US COURTS DO NOT FOLLOW UK LAW -- yes, much of our common law derives from English common law and yes a US/State judge can sua sponte adjourn a case sine die if neither party is moving forward, but that is extremely extremely rare -- if the plaintiff isn't moving forward, and the delay is not due to the defense being obstructive, courts will more commonly issue an OSC (Order to Show Cause) to the plaintiff ordering them to show cause why the case should not be dismissed, at which point the plaintiff either gets his ass in gear or the case gets dismissed. If this case were dismissed, it is very likely that any new action would be beyond the Statute of Limitations and time barred.

(6) if AR is being obstructive, e.g., deliberately missing deposition dates without legitimate excuse, the plaintiff will file a motion for sanctions, which judges may or not approve depending on how bad the obstruction was. Sanctions can be monetary (the usual sanction being the amount of the attorney's for bringing the sanctions motion), issue preclusion -- this means that the court can rule that a particular issue shall be deemed to have been decided in favor of the other party and terminating sanctions, where the court believes that a party's behaviour (relating to the court action, not the underlying dispute) is so horrific that said party loses their case without the requirement for going to a jury, etc.

(7) given that courts are starting to resume in person proceedings, I anticipate that by the time this actually goes to trial, Rossi would be required to physically show up to be examined in court by plaintiff's counsel. Which would mean that his credibility would be challenged using all of the evidence brought out in the IH litigation. If he were to refuse to show up, absent some truly legitimate excuse, the judge would be mightily pissed off and could issue terminating sanctions.

(8) before someone suggests that he take the Fifth Amendment, that really only protects him in a criminal trial, not a civil one. If he attempts to plead the Fifth, the court may compel him to answer or be held in contempt (which means bring a tooth brush because you are going to be locked up until you agree to answer the questions) or the court could allow him not to answer but then instruct the jury that the jury make make all the negative inferences from his refusal to answer. And before someone claims that choosing to plead the Fifth can't be used against you, that again only applies in criminal matters. In civil cases, refusing to answer will almost always lead to the court instructing the jury that they can reach a negative conclusion about the issue that the witness refuses to answer.

The above is a summary general description. There are always exceptions to the rules, but IMHO AR is toast.

Quote from Wasp

Everything was setup by the big oil and energy players ... poor Rossi you have no empathy. See what happens when you have a product like SKLed! which shakes the global market. Confidential information is already circulating .... Philips and GE want to sell Led light divisions.

I have consulted with the Great Oracle, and he says that the confidential information he has heard is that everyone Rossi approached laughs in his face.

Quote from Alan Smith

Of course it is a well-known legal manoeuvre, and sometimes it works as you suggest -but it's hard to get tired of waiting for $1M. Plus costs.

Unless there is a specific attorney's fees clause, "costs" does not include attorney's fees. It generally includes items such as the filing fee, the court of a stenographer for depositions, possibly expert's fees, etc. The biggest dollars, attorney's fees, are not included in costs.

Please let them press the record button.

NO NO NO. Now he has an excuse for not bringing his widget to market, allowing anyone to inspect, actually producing something tangible, etc. We just have to understand that the widget will only operate successfully under that name and if it can't be sold under that name, the whole widget will have to be completely re-designed and engineered. All of which will take at least [????] years. This also provides a "reason" for his devotees to rationalize their extending their (previously extended and extended and extended) deadlines for him to actually produce something tangible.

It amazes me (although I don't know why given all the other crap going on politically) that he still has believers and followers. He, and his cult, have gone from claiming, with respect to multiple different widgets over a period of several years, that he had produced and sold commercially viable systems capable of heating factories and/or providing electricity in amounts greater than consumed, that he had partnered, over several years, with the world's leading companies relating to the development, etc. of his widgets, that he had multiple robotized factories up and ready to produce his widgets, that he had received safety certifications for all of his widgets, that he had invented new materials and techniques in engineering, none of which have ever been made public, and that his discoveries were, essentially, the greatest development since a round wheel and would bring freedom, prosperity, happiness and a unicorn to everyone in the world -- we have gone from all of that to now (well, not really now, more a date to be determined in the future) a new light emitting diode, an LED that is so revolutionary that once you plug it into a power supply, it provides light. HALLELUJAH, the world is (or will be once Saint Rossi actually produces something) now a blessed place.

Quote from Curbina

truth , PhysicsForDummies , Wasp : just that we are clear, our forum has long ago stablished,

and permanently evolving as required, policy of what is allowed or not in the comments, one of which rules is that insults between members and to third parties non members are not welcome, and repeated violation of the rules, after warnings and posts editions or removals, will get you banned.

Calling someone, either directly or sarcastically, a scammer (or fraud, liar, embezzler, con artist, charlatan and other similar terms), is currently considered an insult, so anyone that insists, after warnings, using those terms will get the forum policy applied.

If you want to call anyone magician, I think this is not a problem, someone would even think is flattering. I personally use “il dottore” to refer to the particular person subject of the thread.

I generally agree with most of the moderators' decisions, but I believe this is wrong. Calling someone an asshole, a bastard, etc. is an insult. But if a person's behaviour consistently shows evidence, both in the legal and anecdotal sense, that a person is a liar, etc., then the use of such a term is a factual description. If I say that AR frequently tells lies, as evidenced by his admissions in his deposition testimony and in his filings with the court, why is calling him a liar not telling the truth. Something may be insulting, but it may also be true. AR was shown to have lied, he was shown to have falsified documents and the existence and independence of entities. He has "earned" those appellations.

Quote from PhysicsForDummies

What lawyer would take that case? Rossi would have to prove he is not a scammer and his critics have no merit. Good luck with that. Who would be his character witness? Mats Lewan? I guess he could shine the Skled into the jury's eyes and blind them to "prove" his earth shattering invention.

IAAL and there are many many attorneys who would be happy to take a fee to write a "cease and desist" letter (I would not in the case"). But based on everything I have seen so far, there has been nothing defamatory about AR and IMHO he would be deemed to be a "public figure" under New York Times v. Sullivan and would have a very high bar to meet. If Alan, et al, were to receive such a "cease and desist", I would be honored to respond on their behalf, pro bono, with a well-worn and classic response -- "See "Arkell v Pressdram"".

Quote from sam12

The QX and SK came out of Doral.

https://e-catworld.com/2018/11…-test-damaged-his-health/

And have never been shown to be anything but smoke and mirrors and have never yet seen one verifiable test or sale. So yeah, Doral produced more bullshit widgets.

Quote from Mark U

Depending on what is revealed in 10 days and how the word gets out, this thing could go viral and preorders surpass 1 million units. It could surpass demand for a Covid-19 vaccine.

I assume your comment was intended to be comedy or sarcasm. After all, what happened to all the previously ordered and delivered and/or pre-ordered older versions of his widgets? Oh, right, they never existed.

So, as I see it, AR is going to produce and sell a box with a widget hooked up to an LED, which box is plugged into an outlet. I suspect that the widget, oops, I mean the ECatSKL, will turn out to be some form of rechargeable battery that will allow the LED to produce light when the outlet is switched off. Huzzah, huzzah, success at last.

And why is AR now saying that heat and electricity will follow when he has been proclaiming repeatedly that his widgets already produce excess heat and electricity.

The con continues. EOL.

Quote from Rob Woudenberg

PFD, you should relax a bit and not jump on every poster that, according to your interpretation, posts as pro-Rossi fan.

Just to refresh your memory, I am neutral as far as Rossi's claims. I don't have any hard proof that he has what he claims.

I haven't seen any poster at LF that has hard proof that Rossi does not have anything.

It is often difficult to prove a negative. Just like Homer Simpson, I have a rock that keeps elephants away. I don't have any elephants around, so does that mean the rock works?

And as for proof that AR has nothing -- the entire IH / Doral episode proved, conclusively, that AR had nothing and was a fraud and conman.

I haz a confusion. If the energy is coming from the low entropy of the sheep's intestines, does that mean AR has dropped all the nonsense about the magic of his proprietary mixture, etc?

I have what I believe should be a simple question: IIRC, sometime in the first half of 2019, we were told that Rossi was going to demonstrate a new improved widget which would put everyone's doubt to rest. That demonstration was held, after substabtuve dekatm, in Stockhold in the end of 2019. With a few loyal exceptions, the Stockholm demonstration was ridiculed and treated as a flop.

So here we are, a year or two later (although some might say a decade or more later), and we are now prepping for a NEW EXCITING DEMO with a new unnamed party, with certification from another certifyer, who is unlikely to let us see the safety certification and, rather than actually produce a product which would have immediate impact on the world, global warming, etc., we should all be patient with the progress of Dr. Rossi's magical machine, which can not only produce and harness heat, electricity, other forms of energy and produce the perfect toasted bagel.

Aside from the bagel, is that an accurate summation of the last 18-24 months?

Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

Hmmm...

Hi woodworker? It would have been better if you introduced yourself and welcomed me to the Forum before your unwarranted "asshole" type discourse and 'capital letter' attack. You have prompted me to copy every Forum comment made by you onto a memory 'schtick'. An in depth review of this compilation (even better with an Evelyn Wood speed reading of it) was enough to get the gist of it. Your discourse here on the Forum is so narrow it boggles the imagination. You only comment on Rossi threads which I FIND DISGUSTING. Such a lack of curiosity and motivation is downright unhealthy. Yet all this (and much more) increases my trust in people. I trust you will be who you are, that what you exhibit is predictable, reproducible always, and provides a measure of the foundational beliefs that flow through your veins, so to speak.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I'm a carpenter... You are a lawyer exhibiting little to do with skilled carpentry. You act like an asshole and a lawyer IMHO. Do not attack me again. YOU CLEAR ON THAT?

Quote the "woodworker"

I used to do cabinetry and furniture, mostly hardwood mission style, settles, cabinets, coffee tables, end tables, beds, things like that. I started using "woodworker" when I did more of that. Now I mostly relax, read and play with the cats.

Also

As to philosophy and law, I do think that there are some similarities in that both try to teach one to question the accepted "TRUTH", especially when the evidence for it is all "I say, therefore it must be." Both try to teach one to ask questions, intelligent questions intended to get at both the facts and the truth of an issue, and how to reason in a logical fashion. Logic is an essential element in taking philosophy and IMHO should be in law, but it is not.

Also

As an attorney, I can attest to that. I have always encouraged my clients to start off negotiations fairly and see how the other side responds. If the other side is an asshole, well, I can be a bigger asshole than anyone if I need to. The result of the first approach is less fighting, less mistrust, quicker negotiations and lower attorneys' fees. If the sides want to fight, the only real winner is the lawyers.

Also

There are numerous game theory studies that conclude that if you approach someone else with courtesy and open hands they are more likely to respond that way, and if they don't, then it is appropriate to respond on their level. Those studies also seem to show that open hands, etc. result in a better outcome for all the parties, while being an asshole usually results in a lower or lesser result for the parties.

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Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

Hmmm...

Hi woodworker? It would have been better if you introduced yourself and welcomed me to the Forum before your unwarranted "asshole" type discourse and 'capital letter' attack. You have prompted me to copy every Forum comment made by you onto a memory 'schtick'. An in depth review of this compilation (even better with an Evelyn Wood speed reading of it) was enough to get the gist of it. Your discourse here on the Forum is so narrow it boggles the imagination. You only comment on Rossi threads which I FIND DISGUSTING. Such a lack of curiosity and motivation is downright unhealthy. Yet all this (and much more) increases my trust in people. I trust you will be who you are, that what you exhibit is predictable, reproducible always, and provides a measure of the foundational beliefs that flow through your veins, so to speak.

Let me make one thing perfectly clear, I'm a carpenter... You are a lawyer exhibiting little to do with skilled carpentry. You act like an asshole and a lawyer IMHO. Do not attack me again. YOU CLEAR ON THAT?

Quote the "woodworker"

I used to do cabinetry and furniture, mostly hardwood mission style, settles, cabinets, coffee tables, end tables, beds, things like that. I started using "woodworker" when I did more of that. Now I mostly relax, read and play with the cats.

Also

As to philosophy and law, I do think that there are some similarities in that both try to teach one to question the accepted "TRUTH", especially when the evidence for it is all "I say, therefore it must be." Both try to teach one to ask questions, intelligent questions intended to get at both the facts and the truth of an issue, and how to reason in a logical fashion. Logic is an essential element in taking philosophy and IMHO should be in law, but it is not.

Also

As an attorney, I can attest to that. I have always encouraged my clients to start off negotiations fairly and see how the other side responds. If the other side is an asshole, well, I can be a bigger asshole than anyone if I need to. The result of the first approach is less fighting, less mistrust, quicker negotiations and lower attorneys' fees. If the sides want to fight, the only real winner is the lawyers.

Also

There are numerous game theory studies that conclude that if you approach someone else with courtesy and open hands they are more likely to respond that way, and if they don't, then it is appropriate to respond on their level. Those studies also seem to show that open hands, etc. result in a better outcome for all the parties, while being an asshole usually results in a lower or lesser result for the parties.

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I apologize for not responding more quickly, but I have been working in Las Vegas the last two weeks as a poll observer. And I guess I must have missed something where I appeared to insult someone -- I certainly don't recall doing that. And if I did, please point out exactly where and how.

And you may be a very skilled carpenter, but there is a world of difference between a carpenter and a cabinet/furniture maker.

Quote from Gregory Byron Goble

Rossi's business strategy? Hmmmm...

It's fine to speculate. The real question is what is your business strategy. Each of us have a responsibility to channel this tech into areas of beneficence; which is defined as an act of charity, mercy, and kindness with a strong connotation of doing good to others including moral obligation to all life on the planet as a whole. All of us have the foundational moral imperative of doing right.

Consider that the human race is evolving to become more humane. ASSUMES FACTS NOT IN EVIDENCE, BUT ALSO CONTRARY TO EVIDENCE. So, our inherited 'worldviews' will evolve into a reality that is presently difficult to see or believe possible. Sort of like 'cold fusion' and physics. The predominant view of energy shortage, time limitations and the so justified lack of love/care/creations. That predominant mindset/reality is based on an incomplete understanding of key principles. Theoretical reality has deep meaning worthy of consideration. COMPLETE GOBBLETYGOOK. MEANINGLESS JIBBER JABBER.

Economics is about monetizing (energizing) others. Without this no one creates anything, no one buys anything. No one profits. The economy collapses. Economies are constructs which make up a good portion of our reality. Humans Love to improve our constructs. Most of the Time. If Money is no object. When there is the Energy to do so.

Energy=Money=Time=Love

Energy = Time

As in...

Do I have the time or energy to care?

Time = Money

As in...

Time is Money (I don't have time for care-giving I spend most time making money)

Money = Love

As in...

Money to provide modern comforts, education and security all loved ones deserve.

So, in light of this what does Rossi's business plan matter? Go ahead make CMNS energy tech gadgets yourself and give them away... It's perfectly legal to make any patented device if you give it away (in most countries). Think out of the box and change the world.

LENR, ZPE, Graphene, Nanotechnology, Robotics, Virtual IT, Supercomputers, Artificial Intelligence, and Bioengineering. Everyone working in these scientific fields should envision the solution proposed by Dennis Bushnell, bring the issues forward in public forums, and work together to create a world where people do not feel the need to go to war.

The Bushnell Challenge for Advanced Technologies

"How do we create a world where no one wants to make war?" ELIMINATE HUMAN BEINGS.

Think out of the box... Please consider... How VERY Very very important this is.

We know that the health of the individual and humanity as a whole depends on the health of the ecosphere of our home world. We are not separate from nature. In fact, we are part of nature ourselves. Environmental reparation and remediation are the new growth industry (read up and study its recent exponential growth). Energy is a major expense in these projects and, ironically, it is usually of the polluting variety.

Which brings me to the subject of tasking our robots. Will they be tasked with maintaining the health of our ecosphere and preventing harm to it when following the Zeroth Law?

YOU DO KNOW THAT THE ROBOT NOVELS WERE FICTION!

The Zeroth Law is referred to By NASA Langley Chief Scientist in: "Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare [Circa 2025] Dennis Bushnell – NASA – LENR"

Wiki Laws of Robotics

First Law
A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.

Second Law
A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.

Third Law
A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

These form an organizing principle and unifying theme for Asimov's robotic-based fiction, appearing in his Robot series, the stories linked to it, and his Lucky Starr series of young-adult fiction.

The Laws are incorporated into almost all of the positronic robots appearing in his fiction, and cannot be bypassed, being intended as a safety feature.

Many of Asimov's robot-focused stories involve robots behaving in unusual and counter-intuitive ways as an unintended consequence of how the robot applies the Three Laws to the situation in which it finds itself.

The original laws have been altered and elaborated on by Asimov and other authors. Asimov himself made slight modifications to the first three in various books and short stories to further develop how robots would interact with humans and each other.

In later fiction where robots had taken responsibility for government of whole planets and human civilizations, Asimov also added a fourth, or zeroth law, to precede the others:

Zeroth Law
A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.

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"Future Strategic Issues/Future Warfare [Circa 2025]" by Dennis Bushnell 2013

Page 101 “Circa 2025”

• Machines as creative/“smart” as humans “Robotics” the “norm”

• Zeroth order “warstopper” – Binary bio into nation’s agric./food distrib. system (every home/fox hole)

• Next level of concern: Ubiquitous/Cheap micro-to-nano EVERYTHING (sensors, munitions, weapons swarms/hordes)

• Battlefield attrition/CNN syndrome forces U.S. Army to look/act like SOCOM

Page 106 Future “Warfare”

• “Defense” against the “then year” multitudinous conventional and unconventional delivery methods for volumetric and precision munitions is essentially neither doable nor affordable.

• Suggested National Defense Approaches:

– Work Technology, Intel, Diplomacy, SOCOM for detection/interdiction/deflection of the “pre-delivery” phases (causes of war, motivational and decision processes, design and construction, test)

– Work and ADVERTISE a REALLY EFFECTIVE RETRIBUTION to deter delivery (ala MAD).

Page 110

“War between mass armies weighed down with baroque equipment has become a third world sport. The advanced world, too vulnerable to survive a war of attrition or mass destruction, must learn to conduct its affairs by the Rapier–by the threat or use of small specialized forces exploiting high tempo and strategic surprise” – R. E. Simpkin, “Race to the Swift” – 1985

Page 111

In the second half of the 1900’s Nuclear/Bio Warfare was “Unthinkable”

In the first half of the 2000’s “conventional” warfare may become so deadly/effective as to become “Unthinkable” (“Killer Aps” available to mitigate the “Causes of War”)

Page 112 Approaches to Countering Group/Individual Deployment of IO/Bio

WMD PREVENTION

-Universal inexpensive Web based educ.

– Biomass via sea water irrigation DISCOVERY

– All Source Intel/Fusion/AI Analysis PREEMPTION/RETRIBUTION

– SOF (Foreign)

Page 113 (Usual) Reactions to this Presentation

• Is in the “Too Hard Box”;

• Not being done yet by anyone, therefore, will not be done;

• They would not do that.

We have to Hope they would not do that.

Why go there, since there is no defense against it.

Some Disbelief, but agreement there is too much there to disregard.

gbgoblenote: These are the new tech industries that Bushnell lists as future warfare strategy enablers. These emergent industries MUST accept the responsibility to help transform our dominant world view and take on

The Bushnell Challenge for Advanced Technologies

How do we create a world where no one wants to make war?

Page 4 This presentation is meant to incite thought/ discussion and is based in all cases upon existing data/trends/analyses/technologies. (e.g., NO PIXIE DUST)

It provides, in some cases, a somewhat broader view of prospective developments and issues.

gbgoble- SO IT DOES, YES? Indeed it does…

Page 22 The “Bushnell Challenge”

“In this [Worldwide] economy our ability to create wealth is not bounded by physical limits/resources but by our ability to come up with new ideas.”

However, even “universal wealth” will not obviate the other causes of warfare which include Politics, ”Face” (which include) Religion, Megalomania, and Territorial Disputes.

Page 7 Need to Plan “Differently”

Our World is in the throes of triple/exponential (IT/Bio/Nano) Technological Revolutions.

• Changes occurring at scales of months (instead of decades).

• Zeroth order potential effects upon Defense/Offense equipment/conops/threat.

Page 8 “SPACESHIP EARTH”

The crew are:

– Plundering the ship’s supplies.

– Tinkering with the temperature and life-support controls.

– Still looking for the instruction manual.

– Engaging in bloody skirmishes in every corner of the vessel.

– Increasing the size of the crew by 2 million PER WEEK.

ENERGETICS ACCORDING TO NASA

High Energy Density Materials (HEDM) (Power, Explosives, Propellants)

Tetrahedral N (Isp 600+ sec)

Atomic Born, C, H (Isp 600+ sec)

Metastable He (Isp 1500 sec) • Metallic Hz (Isp 2000 sec)

ISOMERS ( 105 x TNT)

Anti-matter

LENR’s

Page 37 Revolutionary Power Generation/Storage Opportunities

• Ultracapacitors • Adv. Fuel Cells (e.g. Lithium/water/air)

• HEDM (e.g. Solid H2, Isomers, antimatter, etc.

• Adv. PV (50%?) • Room Temperature SC/SMES

• C-Nanotube storage of H2 (non-cryo)?

• Offshore Methane Hydrate

• Blacklight power?

• LENR

• ZPE

Page 57 High Energy Density Materials (HEDM) (Power, Explosives, Propellants)

• Tetrahedral N (Isp 600+ sec)

• Atomic Born, C, H (Isp 600+ sec)

• Metastable He (Isp 1500 sec)

• Metallic Hz (Isp 2000 sec)

• ISOMERS ( 105 x TNT)

• Anti-matter

*LENR’s

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In addition to my comments above, I think you left out "Live long and prosper." Personally, I think you mistake this planet or reality with one where humans and humanity are perfect angels. Sounds to me that would be a very boring place, something like the Eloi in the Time Machine.