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Now I'm very confused. Is this low value for ZPE part of normal physics?
I was under the impression that various theories predict different values
for the energy density of the virtual particle sea, but all on the order
of the energy density of the nucleus (or much more.) This is old Feynman
stuff from decades ago, no? It has always been my understanding that
conventional, conservative scientists agree that "free energy devices" are
ridiculous NOT because the ZPE density is low, but because there is no
easy way to make macroscopic use of the ZPE (other than by things like
Casmir effect on parallel conductive plates.)
Now here's the Scientific American debunking the search for ZPE-tapping
devices by implying that physicists believe the energy contained in the
vacuum to be uselessly small. If this is not a majority opinion in
physics, then it sounds to me like SciAm is itself adopting one "crackpot"
viewpoint in order to debunk another. No fair!
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William Beaty