  In a recent report titled "Indications of anomalous heat energy production in
a reactor device containing hydrogen loaded nickel powder" and published on
arXiv, G. Levi and co-workers put forth several claims concerning the
operations and performance of the so-called E-Cat of inventor Andrea Rossi. We
note first of all that the circumstances and people involved in the test make
it far from being an independent one. We examine the claims put forth by the
authors and note that in many cases they are not supported by the facts given
in the report. We present results from thermal calculations showing that
alternative explanations are possible were the authors seem to jump to
conclusions fitting pre-conceived ideas. In general we find that much attention
is drawn to trivialities, while important pieces of information and
investigation are lacking and seem not to have been conducted or considered. We
also note that the proposed claims would require new physics in not only one
but several areas. Besides a cold-fusion like process without production of any
radiation also extreme new material properties would be needed to explain what
rather seems to be a problem of correct measurement. Therefore, it is clear to
us that a truly independent and scientific investigation of the so called E-Cat
device, convincingly demonstrating an "anomalous heat energy production" has
not been presented in the arXiv report and is thus, to-date, still lacking.
