[Homestead] Moron Award

Clansgian at wmconnect.com Clansgian at wmconnect.com
Thu Nov 20 21:42:37 EST 2008



> >I took a look at the page, and it seems to be describing a water or room
> heater (friction boiler).

But the gist is that it is supposed to be yet another of those perpetual 
motion machines.  Its proponents claim it is supposed to generate enough steam 
energy to run a generator which will produce enough electricity to run the motor.

That is, they propose to covert electric energy into mechancial energy, 
convert that into heat energy through friction, then convert that heat energy back 
into mechanical energy, and finally convert that back into electric energy.  
None of those processes has anywhere near 50% efficiency by itself.

The proposition is as idiotic as a plan to generate electricty at a 
hydro-electric plant, use that electricity to pump the same water back into the lake, 
and then generate more electrictricy with it.


James



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