sde@Mitre-Bedford@sri-unix.UUCP (08/23/84)
I called the company in question (Phototherm) and spoke to the person who is the inventor's business mgr (and wife). She refused to tell me how much energy was deliverable by the device, or by an aggregation of such devices, and said that to get such information (I did not ask for any details of processes or anything else reasonably construed as secret), I would have to ante up $25,000. Yup, that's twenty-five thousand dollars. It rather makes one sceptical, especially when she referred to its possible strategic uses. My snake-oil alarm has begun to sound, although I'd dearly love the device to be feasible. David sde@mitre-bedford