A Demon, a Law, and the Quest for Virtually Free Energy
Date: Monday, July 05, 2010 @ 22:42:24 UTC
Topic: Science
Article by Garret Moddel (colorado.edu): If you believe what you read on the internet, new sources of energy now exist that can provide limitless, nonpolluting, virtually free power. Supposedly these new sources have been patented and proven by scientists, but they aren’t generally available because power companies or government agencies are suppressing information about them. The most tantalizing of these purported energy sources is the vacuum, specifically zero-point energy in the form of ubiquitous electromagnetic waves. The great thing about zero point energy is that, unlike many other sources of energy, it doesn’t have to be extracted from the ground because it’s literally everywhere around us.
What is zero-point energy? ZPE, for short, can be viewed as a consequence of the uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. According to this principle, we cannot know both the position and speed (or more precisely, the momentum) of a particle to absolute precision. If a particle were at rest, we would know both. Therefore no particle is ever completely at rest, even at absolute zero temperature. Hence zero-point energy. Not only does ZPE make all matter vibrate, but even empty space can’t escape its effects. All space is filled with this quantum vacuum energy, resulting in a huge quantity of electromagnetic waves that tantalize us, saying “Take me . . . if you can.” The question is: Can we? Can we extract this energy from the vacuum?...
Read full article here: http://psiphen.colorado.edu/Pubs/VacEnergyExtrac_Jan10.pdf
Read his technical article here: http://ecee.colorado.edu/~moddel/QEL/Papers/Moddel_VacExtracV1.pdf
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