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We pay the power company to use only a "single pass" of the energy flow along its transmission lines and the consumer power circuits, and thereby to just "waste" some 1013 times as much available EM energy as the company allows us to "use".
DenyObfuscation
It's not a real word so at least for use in this thread how are you defining the term?
Mary Rose
reply to post by hellobruce
This is step one for me researching that.
Googling his website for "symmetry implies nonobservables and asymmetry implies observables," there is the correspondence from 2007 with the subject "virtual vs observable." Link
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The philosophy of science is concerned with all the assumptions, foundations, methods, implications of science, and with the use and merit of science. This discipline sometimes overlaps metaphysics, ontology and epistemology, viz., when it explores whether scientific results comprise a study of truth. In addition to these central problems of science as a whole, many philosophers of science consider problems that apply to particular sciences (e.g. philosophy of biology or philosophy of physics). Some philosophers of science also use contemporary results in science to reach conclusions about philosophy.
Philosophy of science has historically been met with mixed response from the scientific community. Though scientists often contribute to the field, many prominent scientists have felt that the practical effect on their work is limited.
This is one of the great ironies in the history of science: All the hydrocarbons ever burned, all the steam turbines that ever turned the shaft of a generator, all the rivers ever dammed, all the nuclear fuel rods ever consumed, all the windmills and waterwheels, all the solar cells, and all the chemistry in all the batteries ever produced, have not directly delivered a single watt into the external circuit's load. All that incredible fuel consumption and energy extracted from the environment has only been used to continually restore the source dipole that our own closed current loop circuits are deliberately designed to destroy faster than we restore them.
Most electrodynamicists hold the opinion that extracting usable electrical energy from the vacuum is extraordinarily difficult. In fact it is a very simple thing to do and has always been done by our power systems anyway.
Mary Rose
reply to post by DenyObfuscation
To be honest, I don't know anything about solar panels.
So far the only device I know about is the heat pump in a temperate climate.
Mary Rose
A search for “overunity” in Wikipedia redirects to “Perpetual motion.”
The Free Dictionary also redirects to “perpetual motion.”
But obviously a google search will bring up pages and pages.
It is not normal that the word would not appear in the dictionary, with a section for the physics meaning, where the stance by mainstream science that it doesn’t exist would be noted.
To be honest, I don't know anything about solar panels.
An overunity device is simply one that puts out more energy than you had to pay for to run the thing.
DenyObfuscation
It opens the door for a "Gravity Assisted Sisyphus Drive" (slave labor would do) to be "overunity".
In Greek mythology Sisyphus (/ˈsɪsɪfəs/;[1] Greek: Σίσυφος, Sísyphos) was a king of Ephyra (now known as Corinth) punished for chronic deceitfulness by being compelled to roll an immense boulder up a hill, only to watch it roll back down, and to repeat this action forever.
Mary Rose
reply to post by boncho
Your comparison is not apt.
The global demand for energy is a vital public affairs issue that we've known about for years and the research associated with addressing this issue is directly related to the term "overunity."
The fact that Wikipedia refuses to have a page on the term speaks volumes.
Mary Rose
reply to post by boncho
Your comparison is not apt.
The global demand for energy is a vital public affairs issue that we've known about for years and the research associated with addressing this issue is directly related to the term "overunity."
The Origin Of The Word "Overunity"
Overunity is a mathematical term. The number "1" is considered unity so anything over this value is considered overunity. Here, we use a number to denote the ratio of power out to power in.
If the device is capable of generating more power than is put into the system (not all such generators require a power input but some do) then it is an overunity device and effectively it amplifies the electricity input.
Most standard generators are the opposite. They are "underunity" due to energy losses that take place during the conversion process.
Mary Rose
"Cranks" are associated with "Overunity Generator - Generate Free Electricity In Your Own Home"?
The investment cost of parts, materials, tools and a good set of instructional plans (strongly recommended if you don't want to waste time) will set you back between 50 and 100 dollars. But they will allow you to get up and running in a matter of days so you will break even within a matter of perhaps 2 to 4 weeks. Everything after that is gravy!