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Excerpt from What's New for Sep 24, 1999 (fwd)



Given the recent discussions of CF, etc., I thought that this, from Whats
New, was worth posting.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 24 Sep 99 Washington, DC
3. PERPETUUM MOBILE: BETTING AGAINST THE LAWS OF THERMODYNAMICS.
Most free energy scams invoke outlandish new physics: cold
fusion, hydrinos, zero-point energy, gravity shields, antimatter.
But there are also throwbacks to the 19th Century that directly
challenge the laws of thermodynamics. Physics Today carried a
full-page ad for Entropy Systems, Inc. describing a heat engine
that runs off ambient heat. It's hardly a new idea. Two years
ago Better World Technologies was touting the "Fisher engine"
that violated the Second Law (WN 18 Jul 97). But it wasn't new
then either--it was the "zero motor," invented by John Gamgee in
1880. It didn't work then either, but Gamgee sold it to the U.S.
Navy anyway. Better World Technologies quietly dropped the Fisher
Engine, but if they couldn't get around the Second Law, how about
the First? In a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal last
Friday, BWT announced 45 FREE meetings across the country to
demonstrate free energy using "Counter Rotation" technology.

THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (Note: Opinions are the author's
and are not necessarily shared by the APS, but they should be.)
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