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Irish scientist invents ZPM?
Jul. 9th, 2007 02:00 pmThe perpetual myth of free energy
Long story short, this chap called Sean McCarthy says he has invented a perpetual motion machine. No one else believes him.
When asked about the conservation of energy Mr McCarthy says quite frankly that he does not know where the energy that provides perpetual motion comes from. He wonders whether he is somehow harnessing so-called "zero point" energy, a type of residual energy found in a system and first proposed by Einstein.
Zero point energy is the lowest possible energy a system can have and therefore cannot be removed.
He also points out that cosmologists believe in the presence of dark matter and dark energy. Might they somehow help his cause?
The other scientists think he's nuts, but I think it's all rather awesome ;D
Long story short, this chap called Sean McCarthy says he has invented a perpetual motion machine. No one else believes him.
When asked about the conservation of energy Mr McCarthy says quite frankly that he does not know where the energy that provides perpetual motion comes from. He wonders whether he is somehow harnessing so-called "zero point" energy, a type of residual energy found in a system and first proposed by Einstein.
Zero point energy is the lowest possible energy a system can have and therefore cannot be removed.
He also points out that cosmologists believe in the presence of dark matter and dark energy. Might they somehow help his cause?
The other scientists think he's nuts, but I think it's all rather awesome ;D
