Re: zero point energy

[Jack Uretsky <jlu@HEP.ANL.GOV>]

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                                        Jack


On Wed, 23 Jan 2002, John S. Denker wrote:

> Robert Cohen wrote:
> ....
> > It is an electromechanical device he says is capable of replenishing its own
> > energy source.
> >
> > AWASH WITH SPECULATION
> > The Irishman is not alone in making such assertions. The Internet is awash
> > with speculation about free or "zero point" energy, with many claiming to
> > have cracked the problem using magnets, coils and even crystals.
> >
> > "These claims come along every 10 years or so, and nothing ever comes of
> > them. They're all cases of 'voodoo science,'" said Robert Park, professor of
> > physics at the University of Maryland.
>
>
> Calling this "voodoo science" is an insult to voodoo.
>
>
>
> http://search.ebi.eb.com/ebi/article/0,6101,38120,00.html
>
> http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti/voodoo/overview.htm

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