Free Energy Inverter

[EEVblog]

Someone approved this piss-take: 
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1338118691/free-energy-inverter

[vinicius.jlantunes]

Haha the guy must be joking... the highest reward is pledged at MERE 7800 CAD... 

[krivx]

A single (and only) backer has pledged 30,000 despite the goal only being 15,000. Fraud?

[daqq]

If it is a free energy inverter then does it produce paid energy from free energy, or 'free energy' from 'paid energy'? Or does it create 'energy free'? I'm confused 

A certain amount of X ray and other exotic electromagnetic effects will be present when the machine is in operation, so I hope not to die in the process of getting it to work.

Poor fella, I sure hope he manages it and does not create antigravity or dark matter by accident.

[mrflibble]

A single (and only) backer has pledged 30,000 despite the goal only being 15,000. Fraud?

$30.00 != $30,000.00

[mrflibble]

Poor fella, I sure hope he manages it and does not create antigravity or dark matter by accident.

Well, I for one fervently hope he does create anti-gravity. And dark matter, all at the same time. Although if he creates dark matter while planning to do so it's probably no longer dark matter.

Besides that, 100% depending on what dictionary you want to use either we already have "free energy" or we will never ever have it by very definition.

I mean, solar panels result in "free" energy for a sufficiently adjusted value of free. If you use one resource to produce another, then presumably it is no longer free? So if you use a magic device to harvest energy from the quantum vacuum of doom thereby altering the very fabric of time and space, then presumably it is not "free" due to this alteration. Or it is free, but then burning fossil fuel resulting from vewy vewy old plants that hitched a ride on solar power of eons past is also "free".

Time for some free tea with free honey.

[krivx]

A single (and only) backer has pledged 30,000 despite the goal only being 15,000. Fraud?

$30.00 != $30,000.00

Haha, who am I criticise this person so. More coffee needed.

[katzohki]

I posted in the main list, someone pointed out this is the patent he ripped off:

http://www.google.com/patents/US4595975

"Efficient power supply suitable for inductive loads "

[snoopy]

Why do these "free energy" crackpot devices always use batteries and not capacitors ?

[SL4P]

"Peter Foss" seems to have a limited grasp of English based on his post...
Also have doubts whether KS projects can offer a 'prize' as stated in the $7000 share.

Well, it'll be fun to watch him fall into his own black hole.

[idpromnut]

"Peter Foss" seems to have a limited grasp of English based on his post...
Also have doubts whether KS projects can offer a 'prize' as stated in the $7000 share.

Well, it'll be fun to watch him fall into his own black hole.

If his KS info is correct, then I regret to say that he lives in my home town, and as such english may very well not be his first language.

[LabSpokane]

Dave,

Of all people, I can hardly believe that you would make such a math error as to think that this is anything but the real deal. Quite simply:

1/(Free Energy) = 1/0 = Infinity

Therefore, this device is legitimate. The math has spoken.

[mikerj]

This obviously can't work, there's no neodymium magnets.

[katzohki]

He says his ebook is on Scribd: "Edwin Gray, antigravity and other dangerous thoughts."

Edwin Gray, Antigravity and Other Dangerous Thoughts

He's posted up a schematic, talks about sparks being made up of "superelectrons" and shielding the EMP from the spark with a metal shield, also includes a coil to detect "magnetons" in the secondary. Based on the language he uses ("multivibrator," "condenser" etc) I'd say his knowledge is a little out-of-date.

[mrflibble]

He's posted up a schematic, talks about sparks being made up of "superelectrons" ...

We already have those, they're called muons. And if you want supersuperelectrons we have those too and they're called taus. Or maybe his superelectrons are magic, in which case I don't have the time to read all that waffle.

Now if only we could produce superelectrons muons in an energy efficient way we'd be all set for fusion, or even just inducing regular boring fission. Too bad the current production methods are still bloody inefficient.