Is the E-Cat by Andrea Rossi et al. proof that cold fusion can work? A team of researchers have tested a device (the E-Cat) produced by a team in Italy led by Andrea Rossi and claim that its 'abundant heat production' together with the change in the composition of its fuel during the reaction can only be explained by a low energy nuclear reaction (LENR) - http://www.sifferkoll.se/sifferkoll/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/LuganoReportSubmit.pdf. Despite the fact that they cannot explain exactly how it works should we all now take LENR seriously? Can anyone figure out from the description in the paper how it does work?
 A: Please note, that this test was conducted by exactly the same group that did the previous test, lead by Guiseppe Levi, who is closely connected to Andrea Rossi. Also, you can read from the report, that Rossi himself was present in the test pulling the strings.
Hardly independent testing, is it?
The above facts alone are enough to make the report somewhat fishy, not to mention the lack of any radiation, and the fact, that the isotopic composition of the ashes analysed is highly suspicious, as explained by Swedish physicist Stephan Pomp in his blog.
http://stephanpomp.blogspot.se/2...
No, I don't think this is proof of cold fusion/lenr.
A: Their latest press release says it has been confirmed by 6 independent observers. However, so far I cannot find who these are nor the status of their scientific credentials. If Rossi really has something working I do not see why he does not simply get a whole slew of patents and throw the whole technology wide open for inspection by qualified teams of scientists and engineers. Call me exceedingly skeptical. 
