[Gasification] Fluidyne Update.

[Doug Williams]

Hi Leland,
I assume you are incorrectly addressing this question to Peter Wilson, 
instead of me.

> Whatever was that evisceration which you received Peter from a Canadian on
> this list some time ago?

This was from one Simon Ramana (New Zealander), the former Technical 
Director of the Fluidyne licenced partnership in Winnipeg. He was 
responsible for the technology transfere to the partnership, and once the 
scaling up process began to look like working, decieded it was all his own 
invention. He left the partnership with blank business computers, and all 
construction drawings dissapeared. He resurfaced after drawing attention to 
himself, and questions began to flow about the origins of the technology.The 
really good thing is that he did not have time to learn the important stuff. 
That took another three years, thanks to his wasting money on trying to 
develop multi engine driven generation. I made the mistake of not checking 
his NASA employment identification in the first place!!!
http://www.listener.co.nz/issue/203/features/6071/energy_to_burn.html

Protecting ones intellectual property from being stolen or copied,  where 
patents offer no protection, is impossible, when the people you trust have 
no integrity,. This should send a warning right across the gasification 
community, particularly consultants and investment advisors.  Gasification 
technology just cannot appear without a documented progression of 
development, and you need to know with whom you are placing your business 
credibility. Gasification has a real place in renewable energy options our 
future needs, but premature promotion to implement immature gasifying 
technologies, will get the project into a lot of trouble.

Doug Williams,
Fluidyne Gasification.