There isn't such a thing as free, for that to be possible there would have to be nothing anywhere (think about it), but there's more reasonable, safer, and if we can harness it, less expensive ways of doing things.
We can harness the sun and wind (in America we can actually become indepenant on this, but there's no funding for it, it's all in the oil industry) water and waste products. It's just a matter of time before technology can take the leap where it's on a cost-friendly scale.

I have just few things to say here....

I am an electrical engenering student, and I know this, for example: Power is thing that can be converted from one form to another. Created it could not be! Every type of energy is like that you can convert rotating to electricity, or backwards you can provide rotating using electricity, and, you cannot get electricity from nothing, and backwards, you can not lose electricity to nothing...

And look it this way, you can can run a electric motor to run with no load on his rotor. You will not get anything useful, but electrical motor will spend power he get from a powerplant... However, motor will use that power to rotate the rotor, and air near to him... That is not nothing... that is moving air... Again, moving air can rotate a generator, and make power.

I am sure you will get the point energy can not disapear to nothing, or backwards, from nothing you can not get anything...

If you are looking for free energy, try to play with nuclear energy... It is not fully researched yet... Everything in this world you have to pay! Money makes the World go round! That is the reason why you can't get a FREE energy!

hmm


i remember when i first started at these forums posting about something like this... heres something of how it went

First, think about this, bread always lands butter side down right?

Next, cats always land feet first, right?

Ok, so here is the key, we simply attack cats to buttered bread, and drop them. Due to their unique physical properties, the cat will not hit the ground, now will the bread, starting an everlasting spinning effect.

This could be used for basically any type of energy, and is basically free!

Ye, maybe it's free but not useful. If we are looking for a free energy, we must find something that is enough for using it. And again, in your case, you should have a cat for a free, but for butter you have to pay, it is not free energy!

Berakd, I'm not doubting your expertise, but you must keep in mind that those principles you were taught, although true in all cases that we have come across so far, are still just theories and may be completely wrong. Until we can prove one way or another in this case, the burden of proof is on those who claim the free energy, but it is also on the Laws of Thermodynamics. Scientific laws/theories are always being tested, and this is just another test.

You need to know some things about energy. Think about it putting a dynamo in the axles of vehicles would only make you car engine work harder, using more gas, not an efficient way to produce energy.

Burning your own fat for energy... interesting but painful gross and fat does not hold a terribly large amount of energy, it would be comparable to burning animal fat or vegetable oil.
Dynamo in your shoes... Another interesting idea but your legs would have to work harder to produce the energy. Are you willing to turn walking into a huge workout just to get a few watts?

As for a way of harvesting energy from nuclear fission, I doubt that we can create and control nuclear fission on earth so why don't we use an already existing form of nuclear fission, the sun.

Have a look at my post on the antimatter form. I have a theory about a solar energy collecting station that would orbit the sun and store it's energy in the form of antimatter
post 36 at http://www.trap17.com/forums/index.php?sho...mp;#entry298659

i just hope that nobody is going to try to build a giant powerplant based on magnets, beacouse that could lead to end of the world. don't ask why, try to figure it out yourselfes

1. I believe technically you cannot "create" energy and 2. It would only be free if you didn't need to buy any equipment like turbines or electronical devices.

As I understand (I'm only 13, bear with me here), Energy can neither be created or destroyed, but it gets transfered. I haven't learnt this at school yet, so I might not be so accurate here.

well energy is not created it is transformed or transfered from one form to another.

transformation of energy is when there is mechanical contact to change forms of energy.

transfer of energy is when energy transfers from one form to another without direct contact, like heat to steam.

well, at least that's what i think..

but it would be smart if you would ask your professor about this couse i'm not really sure is it true...

This post has been edited by matak: Dec 14 2006, 11:32 PM