Posted on 01/22/2002 5:43:47 AM PST by blam
If the young me were visited by the present me, in an effort to change some things, it would be an absurd encounter. The young me would consider the current me to be a medling, opinionated idiot. And I would view my younger self as an inexperienced, arrogant idiot (who somehow managed to get some good-looking women). Both of us would be correct, and I fear that neither would gain from the meeting.
True inventors are in the attic. Too damp in the basement for inventing a time machine. Corrosion can cause temporal displacement errors. I suppose a perpetual-motion machine could be in the basement. But you'd need a lot of WD-40.
'e 'ad one o' th' wee little people inside, filled with Guiness, turnin' a crank.
It must be some of that NEW math.
300 watts for 1 hr=300 watt/hrs.
for 2 hours =600 watt/hrs
600 watt/hrs=0.6 kilowatt/hrs.
Where does the 4.5 kilowatts come in???
4500 watts(4.5 kilowatts)/10 volts=450 amps
4500 watts /100 volts=45 amps
Standard trolling motor batteries (deep cycle)have around 100-200 amp/hr ratings.
I think the inventor had his head down the hole of outhouse too long or has a Honda generator in there just to screw with the minds of clueless reporters.
Ignore.
Be Seeing You,
Chris
Yeah, Enron's giving it away.
Yeah, Enron's giving it away.
I can see the logic behind his idea, but he didn't account for friction or the rate of power use and replenishment. Tell me, did his alternator do anything at all other than cause more friction? Did he have it wired right?
the guy who had found a way to get "free energy" by using AC out of the wall
Somehow this doesn't seem to qualify for "free energy".
Any more stories of crazy inventors? Those were good.
I don't overly concern myself with the math of such, shall I say, snake-oil endeavors. I also suspect that he may have a very good chess playing midget for hire. On the other hand, if you ever hear of an invention that puts the smoke back into chips, I'll be very interested.
Eric's History of Perpetual Motion and Free Energy Machines.
Perpetual Motion Machines, Free Energy.
Perpetual Motion.
The Museum of Unworkable Devices .
This guy may be full of peat moss, but he just might have something of interest. Either way, a little open mindedness, people. Sheesh.
Major revisions in physical theory have occurred, and will likely occur again, but these victories are hard won in the laboratory, and working in the open and with cooperation and collaboration among colleagues and peers, not by placing black boxes on shelves and making wild claims to the media and getting publicity for oneself. The subject of the article is making an extraordinary claim, and that requires solid, objective proof that is open for examination and replication. You don't hide things in a box with lightbulbs on it, and stick a voltmeter across some terminals connected to who knows what and palm that off as proof for an extraordinary claim. If these people want to be taken seriously then they'll have to be a bit more above board than they have apparently been to this point. Secrecy and mystery and razzle dazzle lends itself more to the atmosphere of a carnival sideshow than serious scientific study.
It's surprisingly easy to see what appears to be excess energy. Droge's work about 10 years ago (mostly posted on the internet) shows some of the problems. There's still no there there. Lack of neutrons is another indication.
Another problem is that the hydrogen adsorbed into the platinum-group metals still exists in molecular form. The hydrogen's electrons are still associated with the hydrogen, not with the metallic lattice.
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