The claim made by Rossi is real; but it is incredible.

[kowalskil]

An Italian inventor, Andrea Rossi, claims that a 1000 MW nuclear reactor, being constructed in Greece, will become operational in October 2011. I hope he is right; how can one not be happy to have electricity which is ten times less expensive than from coal, and without any pollution? But I am skeptical. Why? Read this paper:

http://pages.csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/cf/rossi.html

But many reputable people take his claim seriously, as illustrated in these two posts:

http://www.rainews24.rai.it/it/video.php?id=23096

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzL3RIlcwbY

How can such optimism be explained?

Ludwik Kowalski (see Wikipedia)
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[labelwench]

Looks to be quite the promotional machine behind this new technology....

[Ava202]

I do believe that cold fusion is possible and that experiments have shown positive but erratic results. And it may be that Rossi has stumbled upon a viable process but something smells fishy and sounds a lot like like snake oil. Before investing in this scheme I would want a real explanation that made sense from my understanding and not mumbo jumbo OR a well controlled experiment. I have not seen either and Rossi has been promoting this project long enough that we should have seen something more substantial by now.