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it is impossible as magnets are by definition STORED energy and can never be FREE energy. The ignorance is astounding.
How could you know the energy output from a "theoretical" working scaled up prototype perhaps 10 years down the line?
Originally posted by Zecharia
It has everything to do with it. How could you know the energy output from a "theoretical" working scaled up prototype perhaps 10 years down the line ? not to mention the ever improving refining and manufacturing processes that would come from the study and exploration of this new field.
edit on 3-10-2012 by Zecharia because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Zecharia
I hear what your saying but wouldnt the energy output of the device over its working life quickly surpass the energy required to make it ?
Its like anything else over time it would pay for itself.
Originally posted by OccamsRazor04
Originally posted by Zecharia
I hear what your saying but wouldnt the energy output of the device over its working life quickly surpass the energy required to make it ?
Its like anything else over time it would pay for itself.
No, it can NEVER have greater output than input. It will have output = to the input - energy lost due to ineficiency in the transfer. The amount put in will always be less than the amount used to create it, as some will be lost. There is no such thing as 100% efficient energy transfer.edit on 4-10-2012 by OccamsRazor04 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Zecharia
Really....... a reputable university ?
I dont have the energy for this anymore lets just crawl back into our holes and rot away. What a magical mystical place we live in.
Originally posted by MeesterB
like all "perpetual motion" machines, it will stop once you divert any of the energy to do useful work.
Yes this is a very impressive piece of artwork, but nothing more.
Edit: and "scaling up" doesn't make it any more promising, just bigger.edit on 9/24/2012 by MeesterB because: (no reason given)