Posted on February 11th, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
Gentlemen, get ready to start your engines, just don’t tell anyone that you’re breaking the law, err, that is the law of conservation of energy.
The first law of thermodynamics is quite clear energy cannot be created or destroyed only changed from one form to another. And don’t forget the second law of thermodynamics which [...]
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Posted on February 9th, 2008 by Jobe Roberts
According to the Toronto Star there’s a new contender from Ottawa working towards a device that could harness energy from a yet unknown source. These magnetic devices are typically dubbed perpetual motion machines. Some say they bend the laws of physics, others that they’re tapping into the magnetic field that surrounds the earth. [...]
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Posted on July 21st, 2007 by Jobe Roberts
No doubt most of us by now know about air to air heat pumps for heating our houses. Seems to me they’ve been around forever, after all, widespread distribution of the first refrigerators was back in 1927. Gaining popularity for both commercial and home use are geothermal heat pumps. The difference here [...]
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Posted on July 5th, 2007 by Jobe Roberts
Have you been following the story about the free energy machine coming out of Ireland? Yes, I’m talking about Steorn. It’s a very exciting notion to be able to generate energy without producing any toxic by product and for free. What do they mean by free? Well, there’s no input, only output. You’d think this [...]
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