I once met an old man who claimed to have discovered a way to create an endless supply of electricity. what he did was hook up a generator to an electric motor, thinking that it would run itself.
talk about pathetic. it only ran when plugged in;-)
I once talked to a Liberal Moonbat in Wisconsin who told me that in order to save the planet, we needed to cut off electricity to the homes. Jokingly I asked her if she intended to watch TV by candle light and she said, "Oh, yes!" I told her that she wouldn't be able to as the same electricity that powered her home lights also powered her TV. She said, "That isn't fair! They should cut off the power to my lights, but not my TV!" I told her that there were switches on the wall to do just that. She told me that the government should do something about it. It wasn't her responsibility!
I am afraid that she subsequently reproduced.