Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Perpetual Motion Machine?

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Michael wrote:
> If you doubt the possibility of a free energy engine, ie a perpetual 
> motion machine, I'd suggest studying Tesla. I suggest the book 'Tesla: 
> Man Out of Time' as a good start. Tesla could do fantastic tricks with 
> electricity that nobody else has yet figured out and he was a great 
> believer in the concepts of wirelessly transmitted energy, which he 
> actually demonstrated frequently in different uses, and in the existence 
> of enough natural loose energy that it could easily be collected and 
> used to power lights, motors, and all other manners of electrical tools.
>
> We've talked a little about his project to create a free wireless 
> communication and power transmitting network which sadly for financial 
> reasons he was unable to complete. If only the greedy business men of 
> his day had had the vision to empower him more - given that if he'd 
> decided to defend his patents and royalty claims he could have been the 
> richest person alive. Tesla would be my example of why scientists, 
> artists, and other contributors to society should be provided for by 
> public grant. Might be worth noting also that he was an immigrant to 
> America who did manual labor when he first came here.

My understanding (and I do admit I don't know a lot about him) is that 
Tesla's inventions, although they appeared magical, were completely in 
line with the known laws of physics.  So a scientist or engineer might 
at first express a certain disbelief, but after it is explained to him 
will go "wow, that's amazing!"

The thing abotu perpetual motion is that a new invention appears quite 
frequently, and they never work.  I don't think that one can preclude 
that there is some way to get energy out of nothing, but it will require 
a complete rewriting of physics, and it will take a genius first class 
to do it, and probably the theory will be found before the practical 
application (e.g. like E=mc^2 which took decades to even partially 
implement).

These articles just seem so like previous articles that didn't pan out, 
that Bayesian analysis will firmly persuade one that this article is 
also a fake.



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Stephen Montgomery-Smith
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