[OT] Zero-point energy (was Re: 3-phase (was: Re: CDC 9766 Drive and packs))

From: Dwight Elvey <elvey_at_hal.com>
Date: Fri Feb 5 12:03:48 1999

Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com> wrote:
> Dwight wrote:
> > There seems to be controversy between the physicists and
> > the charlatans. I don't think the physicists have any problem
> > here.
>
> There are at least a few legitimate physicists that think that
> it may be possible to tap the zero-point energy (which comes from
> nowhere).
>
> Remember that not that long ago most physicists didn't believe that
> it was possible for a black hole to emit radiation, but now most
> of them accept it. The ideas for how zero-point energy might
> be tapped are similar. The books get balanced by a corresponding
> loss of energy elsewhere (or perhaps elsewhen).
>
> As far as I know, no one has yet proven that you *can't* borrow some
> of the zero-point energy.

Yes, many still look for that magic valve. As a good rule
of thumb, don't invest in anyone that says he has found it.
For the most part, we haven't been able to model the
mathematical part correctly that shows that it can't be
done. We haven't found one case in nature that uses the principle.
This is usually a good case for there not being a way to
do it. As we look at everything man has done, we notice
that nature has often been using that principle for something
else for billions of years. It is vary important to explore
why we can't do it but foolish to believe that because we
don't know why we can't that somehow we will beat all the indicators
and find the trick that nature missed and only we could find.
Dwight
Received on Fri Feb 05 1999 - 12:03:48 GMT