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Article #273Re: "HELP"
From: Michael Edelman
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 00:00
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Cap'n wrote: > In article <01be3893$bc446720$LocalHost@default>, > kcarmstron@coastnet.com says... > > > > > >Please help a newbie understand > > > > > >What is "zero point energy" > > Energy that is extracted from a vacuum. > More specifically, it refers to the idea that it may be possible to extract energy from the quantum fluctuations in a vacuum. There exists something called the "Casimir force" when two surfaces are brought *very* close together, close enough that there are very few virtual particles coming into existence between the plates. The resultant "pressure" outside the plates pushes them closer together. There are those who think it's possible to extract energy from this force, and a number of crackpots and charletans like Puthoff are pushing it as a source of free energy. Most physicists have their doubts, since the force is a one-way gradient, like gravity. The only way to extract energy from gravity is to start by inputting energy to move something up the gradient so it can move down it.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f98ed,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gidf98ed,public X-Google-Thread: f989f,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gidf989f,public X-Google-Thread: 1045ed,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gid1045ed,public X-Google-Thread: 10b271,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gid10b271,public X-Google-Thread: 10384c,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gid10384c,public X-Google-Thread: f4268,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gidf4268,public X-Google-Thread: f6998,65eab3bef272f289 X-Google-Attributes: gidf6998,public From: Michael Edelman <mje@mich.com> Subject: Re: "HELP" Date: 1999/01/06 Message-ID: <36936887.824CDBE5@mich.com> X-Deja-AN: 429402053 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: <3529458e.2038317@news.twics.com> <6gqiif$fli@bgtnsc02.worldnet.att.net> <3532958E.267B6EFD@no.spam.stormtech.com> <cAgaR25$Ke+o@news.all-net.net> <368F904F.47157A07@bton.ac.uk> <01be3893$bc446720$LocalHost@default> <76vepf$l3a$1@news.islandnet.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Organization: Wayne State University Mime-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: alt.alien.research,alt.alien.visitors,alt.paranet.ufo,alt.dreams,bionet.neuroscience,sci.physics,sci.psychology.psychotherapy