BlackLight Power.... 16 weeks are up. Where's your prototype Sun-Cell?

a reply to: engineercutout

Oh, my point was not directed against you - it was directed in support of you. The tech to harness solar energy already exists, if only more people would realize that. Free energy is already here.

The only drawback is, the Sun is an intermittent source of energy. An overunity device would solve that problem.

Yes it would. Magnetic field. Powerful electron field flowing through and around everything day and night.
Right back at you, too. No contentiousness intended.a reply to: swanne

a reply to: engineercutout

Uh-huh.

I would suggest you brush up on your astrophysics.

Shield around Earth blocks Sun's electrons

I don't know why anyone thinks this is an over unity device. It's not.
The fuel is hydrogen that comes from H2O.
There is a propreitary metal powder that absorbs water. Then the powder is electrified and it produces light, vaporizing the water into Hydrogen and Oxygen. The light comes from a plasma state of the hydrogen.
The powder is reusable and doesn't need to be replaced.

The question is, is there enough light produced by the electrification to use solar panels to reabsorb the light into more electricity. But it's not over unity because the water is used up.

a reply to: ChefSlug

I for one don't think it's an over unity device as I don't even think they have a device at all. It's an on going hoax that relies on a steady influx of credulous believers, preferably with deep pockets.

originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: engineercutout

Uh-huh.

I would suggest you brush up on your astrophysics.

Shield around Earth blocks Sun's electrons

a reply to: ChefSlug

How does this generate electricity?

Sorry, ChefSlug, didn't mean to start a drift. I did hear them interviewed several years ago, though, making claims of a near-term timeline that was less than a year to market. I am skeptical; but, who knows, perhaps they'll surprise us one of these days.a reply to: ChefSlug

Yes-huh. That's all well and good, but just because there's a shield up there blocking a bunch of them doesn't mean a few don't get through. The Earth's magnetic field is by defenition an electron field. If not, then exactly what is it that all these magnets here on earth are aligning to? Perhaps you should brush up on your terrestrial physics...a reply to: swanne

originally posted by: engineercutout

The Earth's magnetic field is by defenition an electron field.

I don't think so, Tim.

originally posted by: engineercutout
The Earth's magnetic field is by defenition an electron field.

Actually an electron can exist without creating a magnetic field.

If not, then exactly what is it that all these magnets here on earth are aligning to?

The rotating iron inside Earth. The movement of these conductive material inside Earth's core generate a magnetic field.

en.wikipedia.org...

This is why your compass needle point to the Earth, and not up at the sky.

originally posted by: swanne

originally posted by: engineercutout
The Earth's magnetic field is by defenition an electron field.

Actually an electron can exist without creating a magnetic field.

That's a neat trick. How would you do that?

Spin is +1/2, -1/2. Zero isn't part of the party.

a reply to: mbkennel

The electron has an electric charge. Engineercutout is assuming that electrons automatically generate a magnetic field with their mere existence. When in actual life, magnetic fields arise with flow of an electronic current in a conductive loop.

That's why a battery has no considerable magnetic field.

And by the way, +1/2 and -1/2 makes zero.

originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: mbkennel

The electron has an electric charge. Engineercutout is assuming that electrons automatically generate a magnetic field with their mere existence.

Funny enough, I do too.

lorentz.leidenuniv.nl...

When in actual life, magnetic fields arise with flow of an electronic current in a conductive loop.
That's why a battery has no considerable magnetic field.

Why does a ferromagnet have a considerable magnetic field?

And by the way, +1/2 and -1/2 makes zero.

if you have a whole bunch of them, ok, 'on average'.

originally posted by: swanne
a reply to: engineercutout

Oh, my point was not directed against you - it was directed in support of you. The tech to harness solar energy already exists, if only more people would realize that. Free energy is already here.

The only drawback is, the Sun is an intermittent source of energy. An overunity device would solve that problem.

I wouldn't consider the sun intermittent. It has been running continuously we believe for four billion years and will run continuously for four billion more.

The only draw back, is not that the sun is intermittent but that humanity is lazy, fearful, and ignorant. After all we mostly sit on this planet covered in clouds wondering why we can't make solar power work better.

If we actually got our collective butts up and started making a more concerted effort to move off the planet and out into the solar system, not only would we figure out how to solve our energy problems but our resource problems as well. And if we ever actually get to the point of getting a majority of our population off the planet and into space stations and colonial cities on other planets, we could even turn the earth into a breadbasket planet for the entire solar system and the exponentially larger populations that would arise, while still leaving room for nature. Much like the Georgia guidestones suggest.....

Really the idea of trying to make solar power truly viable completely on earth is like trying to figure out how to get massive amounts of water in the desert. It would be simpler and more prudent to simply move out of the desert and closer to bodies of water.

Just my opinion though.

I have no knowledge of physics or electricity. I have an IQ of 65. I can barely chew gum and walk at the same time. My favorite hobby is to bang pots and pans together to make loud noises.

I can't figure this out either.

a reply to: mbkennel

It is my understanding that the electron carries an electric field (not magnetic)...

www.princeton.edu...

...which can interact with other electrically charged particles, leading to phenomenon such as annihilation...

en.m.wikipedia.org...

...and a magnetic field is actually generated by the presence of a time-varying electric field:

abyss.uoregon.edu...

It has been established that time-varying electric fields can induce magnetic fields

So. I am sorry, but the sentence "the mere presence of an electric charge creates a magnetic field" is incorrect. Certain conditions are to be met for a magnetic field to be generated. And if you read your own link back, you'll see that it actually confirms this.

originally posted by: wdkirk
I have no knowledge of physics or electricity

Since electricity is a subset of physics, you will be please to know that you in fact have limited knowledge of only one branch of science, and not two.

I have an IQ of 65.

I got double - you want some? I'm going crazy here.

I can barely chew gum and walk at the same time.

I know! They are so good, right? They deserve our full attention.

My favorite hobby is to bang pots and pans together to make loud noises.

You mean, you are a sound expert.

I can't figure this out either.

But that is why it is so fun! For where does the fun go after one has figured it out?

a reply to: swanne

Okay, my mistake. Substitute the word photon for electron in my earlier post and I think that straightens it out. Thanks for setting me straight.

a reply to: Bedlam

Tim? No, you're right, Geoffery, that was an inaccurate statement. I suppose I should have said photon field or energy field.