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Originally posted by Conflagrated
Funny that I am reading this. Today, while my teacher in math was teaching, I was day dreaming and thinking of the possibility to walk through walls/ pass through "solid" objects. When I was thinking this, I came across the idea you have come across that everything is just a bunch of atoms. Electrons and Protons. I think that our mind (or advanced technology that we don't have (or do?)) has the power to possibly break these apart, or possibly spread them out, manipulate them in a way that you want them too. I certainly enjoy thinking of this and will think about it more just spreading an idea..
Originally posted by Amaterasu
With plenum energy (ZPE), energy costs would be nil and we could create all the gold we wanted to - out of most anything.
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Amaterasu
With plenum energy (ZPE), energy costs would be nil and we could create all the gold we wanted to - out of most anything.
Well, that's the impossible piece, or perhaps "practically impossible" (in the sense that it's impractical) is a better term.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Amaterasu
With plenum energy (ZPE), energy costs would be nil and we could create all the gold we wanted to - out of most anything.
Well, that's the impossible piece, or perhaps "practically impossible" (in the sense that it's impractical) is a better term.
Please enlighten me. What is "impractical" about it? Are you saying there are no methods of extraction? I know that is not true. Are you saying that there is no way to bring it all together? What?
Thanks.
The zero-point energy cannot be harnessed in the traditional sense. The idea of zero-point energy is that there is a finite, minimum amount of motion (more accurately, kinetic energy) in all matter, even at absolute zero. For example, chemical bonds continue to vibrate in predictable ways. But releasing the energy of this motion is impossible, because then the molecule would be left with less than the minimum amount that the laws of quantum physics require it to have.
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Originally posted by adjensen
As with most instances where people try to blend quantum level theoretical (or even demonstrable) physics with macro level applications, the differences are ignored and what works in one realm is applied to the other (invariably taking quantum to macro, though when people speak of "quantum weirdness", it's only weird because they're applying Newtonian physics to it -- once you move beyond that perception, it's no longer weird) in an unreasonable fashion.
Yes, Zero Point Energy exists, but it exists in a state that no practical application can utilize it. Even at the quantum level, thermodynamics still applies, and "there ain't no such thing as a free lunch."
The zero-point energy cannot be harnessed in the traditional sense. The idea of zero-point energy is that there is a finite, minimum amount of motion (more accurately, kinetic energy) in all matter, even at absolute zero. For example, chemical bonds continue to vibrate in predictable ways. But releasing the energy of this motion is impossible, because then the molecule would be left with less than the minimum amount that the laws of quantum physics require it to have.
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But, hey, proof's in the pudding. If such a gizmo exists, get it on the market, and I'll buy one straight away. Everything that I've investigated in the past (doing due diligence as an investor) had been predicated on claims that are inconsistent or contrary to the laws of physics. As such, I am a bit jaded towards claims that don't have a proven, peer-reviewed working model to back them up.
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Originally posted by Amaterasu
LOLOL! You use a comment posted on an article in Scientific American to prove this?
They won't come to market. They are suppressed for a very good reason. Free energy = no need for money.
Have you read my two threads?
EDIT to add: A better and more honest look at ZPE...
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Amaterasu
LOLOL! You use a comment posted on an article in Scientific American to prove this?
No, I just cited it as an example of the practical limitations when the laws of physics are applied. Making a statement like that doesn't prevent you (or anyone) from doing it, but it explains why you couldn't when it doesn't work out.
They won't come to market. They are suppressed for a very good reason. Free energy = no need for money.
Well, I think that you're being a little naive about that, since energy is not all that there is. Yes, it would change the economy, but not to the extent that you're thinking it would. Resource scarcity would just move to something else, though a bit further in the distance.
The problem with conspiracy theories that are single sector economic issues is that for every BP or Texaco or Exelon that's out there, wanting to keep energy scarce, there are hundreds, if not thousands of more powerful companies who would welcome something like this. Not to mention nations who have no interest in sustaining the global oil market -- Japan has all that nuclear because they've no energy resources of their own, you think they'd not jump on something like this, and "TPTB" be damned?
Again, I've looked at this stuff for a long time as investment opportunities, but with an eye toward the practical science that's involved, and to a one, they've been either scams or amateurs (and even some pros!) who thought they were onto something on paper, but it was impractical or an utter failure once they tried to put it together, because the laws of physics don't allow it. Not within the Newtonian realm that it needs to function in, anyway.
Have you read my two threads?
No, I haven't, but I'll take a peek in a bit, thanks.
EDIT to add: A better and more honest look at ZPE...
As a rule, I don't watch linked videos, but if you'd like to summarize (or if it's covered in your other threads) that would be fine.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
A comment on an article, huh. If you say so. Many others - my husband included - say otherwise, and have experiments in the works. It is NOT an example of "practical limitations." It IS a comment that presumes much about ZPE that many dispute.
But in the final analysis, money just represents energy expended.
But it is the BP's, the Texacos, and every BIG corporation that, when any whiff of free energy crops up are jonny-on-the-spot, offering tons of money to shut up, or to buy the patent, or - if those don't work - threats and murder. Many, many free energy devices have had just these things happen to the inventors.
I'm curious... Are you aware that virtually all of the articles that achieve any fanfare in SciAm are based on only half of what Maxwell described in his quaternions? What do you suppose the implications are of those directions thrown out?
Also, are you aware of the work done by Whittaker and infolded potentials? They seem to be related.
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Amaterasu
A comment on an article, huh. If you say so. Many others - my husband included - say otherwise, and have experiments in the works. It is NOT an example of "practical limitations." It IS a comment that presumes much about ZPE that many dispute.
Well, that's fine and if you can demonstrate that he's wrong, more power to you. However, it's not just some random schmoe posting a "comment" and I posted it for a reason -- I happen to agree with him. Based on our understanding of quantum states, that vibration is not an optional attribute, so if you take the kinetic energy from the vibration, what are you left with?
But in the final analysis, money just represents energy expended.
Nope. Money is a valuation of resources, of which energy is just one example, and it's not even the biggest one. In manufacturing, for example, energy usage is not insignificant, but its not the largest cost, by far. If you wanted me to come engineer a system for you, I'd use little energy to do so, but I'd still charge you through the nose.
But it is the BP's, the Texacos, and every BIG corporation that, when any whiff of free energy crops up are jonny-on-the-spot, offering tons of money to shut up, or to buy the patent, or - if those don't work - threats and murder. Many, many free energy devices have had just these things happen to the inventors.
This sort of thing always seems on a par with urban legends -- lots of people have heard stories, but they're always "friend of a friend of a friend..." types of things. Tesla is one of the only examples of it that I'd give much credibility to, and I suspect that his predilection to goofiness has helped to build up the legend side of that.
I was reading an article in Wired earlier today about the DIY revolution in manufacturing and electronics. (Online version here) If someone was capable of doing something similar in the energy sector and open sourced it, then the risk of danger and/or bribery is gone.
I'm curious... Are you aware that virtually all of the articles that achieve any fanfare in SciAm are based on only half of what Maxwell described in his quaternions? What do you suppose the implications are of those directions thrown out?
Actually, I rarely pay any attention to mainstream publications. Wired is the only magazine that I read, and even that is a matter of a decade old habit.
Also, are you aware of the work done by Whittaker and infolded potentials? They seem to be related.
Whittaker, yes, if you mean E.T. Whittaker. I have no idea what an infolded (enfolded?) potential is or how it relates to Whittaker's work on the history of aether studies, which I assume is where your interest lies.
I truly don't pay a whole lot of attention to the specifics pitched by the free energy proponents because, as I said, the proof's in the pudding, and I've been disappointed enough times to just fall back on my belief that quanta phenomenon cannot be made applicable to the macro, at least not now.
Originally posted by GypsK
The OP even states that according to religion, Adam was made out of dust. Of course they are talking about Adams physical body.
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Those resources are valued based on the energy it took to produce them in usable form. Energy is not itself a resource, per se. It is more the grease for the machine built of resources. To distribute this grease, we use money to account for its expenditure. If we plug in energy directly, we don't need the money to distribute the effects of energy use.
Well, I have a friend who worked with an inventor that was drawing on the Earth's magnetic field for energy. He knew the guy through the whole development of his invention and did a lot of hauling stuff around while his friend tried to interest investors. My friend lost his job when the FBI came in and closed everything down, and prosecuted his buddy for patent infringement. He's still in jail over that, the buddy is. And my friend knows the guy came upon the ideas on his own.
Well, whether you read what you use to "prove" ZPE gives nothing or not, the fact remains that it is so. Now, What do you suppose the implications are of those directions thrown out?
Infolded potential can carry information. If you are interested, Tom Bearden's Gravitobiology is excellent at describing the meaning of Maxwell's quaternions in relation to Whittaker's infolded potentials. You can read it here if you care to:
www.scribd.com...
Originally posted by LuisCyfer
2) you have a naysayer and someone who supports fossil fuels as evidenced by their signature.
This is a group that is making a reality out of everything we are talking about. They are not taking any govt money so the group can maintain control. I have a thread (only 1) and it involves one of this groups projects. Here is their link.
www.thevenusproject.com..
Originally posted by adjensen
Originally posted by Amaterasu
Those resources are valued based on the energy it took to produce them in usable form. Energy is not itself a resource, per se. It is more the grease for the machine built of resources. To distribute this grease, we use money to account for its expenditure. If we plug in energy directly, we don't need the money to distribute the effects of energy use.
Well, you're obviously not out of the same school of economics that I am, so we'll just have to disagree. But it is unreasonable to think that "free energy" means "free everything".
Well, I have a friend who worked with an inventor that was drawing on the Earth's magnetic field for energy. He knew the guy through the whole development of his invention and did a lot of hauling stuff around while his friend tried to interest investors. My friend lost his job when the FBI came in and closed everything down, and prosecuted his buddy for patent infringement. He's still in jail over that, the buddy is. And my friend knows the guy came upon the ideas on his own.
If you can provide names, I will be happy to investigate the circumstances of your friend's friend's imprisonment. One obvious problem is that patent infringement is typically a civil, not criminal matter. One would need to be prosecuted under "theft of trade secrets" law in order to be sent to prison. Most patent infringement law is associated with big pharmaceutical, though (see here.)
Well, whether you read what you use to "prove" ZPE gives nothing or not, the fact remains that it is so. Now, What do you suppose the implications are of those directions thrown out?
Huh? Sorry, I don't quite get that.
Infolded potential can carry information. If you are interested, Tom Bearden's Gravitobiology is excellent at describing the meaning of Maxwell's quaternions in relation to Whittaker's infolded potentials. You can read it here if you care to:
www.scribd.com...
Well, I got through the introduction of that, with plenty 'o red flags a flyin'.
These guys (whom I have no love for, personally,) associate Bearden with the Keely motor, which was already evident from that article on Scribd. I think that there is likely a PhD dissertation in the ongoing fascination with Keely and his followers, none of whom have ever produced a working unit that does what they claim it does.
Something similar was announced with great fanfare in January, and no results, likely for the reasons cited in that post.