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ACADEMICS were sceptical about the prospects of validating the claim to have discovered a method to generate free, clean electricity made on Friday by Dublin technology company Steorn in a full-page advertisement in The Economistmagazine. Many were quick to compare the announcement to the sensational 1989 claim to have "observed" cold fusion by University of Utah scientists Stanley Pons and Martin Fleishman, later disproven.
Steorn CEO Sean McCarthy was confident, however, that the "jury" of 12 scientists who accept his challenge to examine the technology, which is based on the interplay of magnetic fields, will prove his company correct.
McCarthy dismisses the comparison to Pons and Fleishman, saying that the energy measured coming out is nearly four times that going in.
Nearly 200 scientists had expressed interest in testing the company's findings as of writing.
One of the strongest votes of confidence that the company's findings are at least worth a hearing is, believe it or not, the company's public relations firm, Citigate Dewe Rogerson. The firm, which built its name representing blue-chip global clients to hard-nosed financial markets, is unlikely to have glibly squandered its own reputation.
It is understood, however, that they have another client which claims to have turned lead into gold.
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