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Originally posted by Heckman
Or " one of our engineering staff is responsible for misleading us and has been perpetuating a hoax "
Originally posted by Tom Bedlam
What he doesn't know is, the CIA swapped out some of the magnets for slugs, so the demonstration would fail.
Originally posted by RandomThought
I'm curious to see how much energy it actually creates. Enough for a household a city or enough to barely light up a 3mm LED.
Originally posted by TheOnlySaneOne
If it were true (and it is not, and will never be) imagine the ramifications. An analogy would be similar to amplified sound feedback. Imagine an energy "feedback" with a machine capable of pumping more energy out than it consumes. Exponential increasing energy and heat production...quickly spiraling out of control. Is there such a thing as infinite energy and how would that be contained? I am rambling...
If they legitimately believe they have stumbled onto a "perpetual energy machine", it will be disproven in short order. I hope it was a honest error.
TheOnlySaneOne(entropylover)
Originally posted by Evasius
I'm sure it's too early to mention the word "conspiracy," but it could have been delayed by the powers that be so they can concoct a huge news story to divert the public's attention away from the announcement.
Or possibly Steorn is having a slight difficulty getting their "Aerial Drones" in place for a massive public demonstration in the US. Maybe their demonstration was weather permitting. Hmmm.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Delays by creators of these frauds always happen as the hour approaches to prove their claims. As the pressure mounts, don't be surprised if one of the inventors gets "kidnapped" and told to stop or else his family will be killed, or if a "break-in" occurs that results in key parts of the research being "stolen".
Happens every time. This time will be no different, mark my word.
Originally posted by TheOnlySaneOne Imagine an energy "feedback" with a machine capable of pumping more energy out than it consumes. Exponential increasing energy and heat production...quickly spiraling out of control.
Originally posted by zorgon
Of course the other side of that coin is IF the government wanted to squash any new tech that threatened their control, the above scenario is EXACTLY what would happen every time
And then skeptics would be unwitting pawns by making such remarks as yours...
Originally posted by srsen
can we ever REALLY know with these things? (sorry for the short post)
Originally posted by zhuzha
True that for government involvment.. They probably wont allow it this time either. Happened before, it will happen again.
Originally posted by jsobecky
Odds are it is another fraud, just like the 400 mpg carburetors that were secretly squashed by the oilco's.
Delays by creators of these frauds always happen as the hour approaches to prove their claims. As the pressure mounts, don't be surprised if one of the inventors gets "kidnapped" and told to stop or else his family will be killed, or if a "break-in" occurs that results in key parts of the research being "stolen".
Happens every time. This time will be no different, mark my word.