Moreover, if the thing was as good as it sounds (cheap, abundant, and
clean energy) then why hasn't there been any news coverage of it? Why
aren't we installing it in cars and homes? It sounds like a load of
bullsh*t to me.
Steve Verdon
--- Steven Bissell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Unless I'm mistaken this is a perpetual motion machine which has been
> marketed under various names for about 20 years. I believe _Popular
> Machanics_ ran an article on it about 15 years ago. You should contact
> the
> US Patent Office http://www.uspto.gov/
> and check.
> In looking at the site, I get this message:
>
> PTO Web Site Feedback
> Email comments and suggestions concerning server content and operation
> only!
> The PTO is not yet equipped to handle general email correspondence.
> General
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> 703.308.4357 (308.HELP), or in writing to one of the addresses specified
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>
>
> I called them and it is a real patent, but it looks fishy to me. If
> something looks too good to be true, it usually is.
>
> How do you turn it off?
>
> sb
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lees <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 2:24 AM
> Subject: harmful technology v. harmless technology
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Some people on this list who have looked at my website
> may have noticed that i complain that i cannot have an
> energy source which does not harm the environment.
>
> I like to use my own muscle power, but it is impossible to
> live these days, and to produce something at a cost which
> people can afford, by using only the old ways of human and
> animal muscle power.
>
> The technology which most of us rely upon is utterly insane,
> because it is wrecking the whole planet, from the local level
> of environmental pollution, to the planetary level of Global
> Warming.
>
> The sooner we change from being reliant upon damaging and
> unsustainable industries and their products, the better.
> Unfortunately, for most of us, there is no choice. We have to
> use technology to survive, even when we know that it is
> putting our future, our children's future, and the future of
> the whole planet, at grave risk.
>
> Someone seems to have invented something which may solve
> some of these problems. I quote :
>
> > Magnetic electricity -- The Andrew Abolafia Co. has
> > developed the Static Field Converter, an invention
> that
> > uses permanent magnets to produce a safe,
> virtually
> > infinite, environmentally benign and economically
> viable
> > new source of energy. The company hopes the
> converter
> > will make electric vehicles practical, and serve
> as a
> > substitute for fossil fuels in any application --
> from
> > powering electric vehicles to heating homes,
> running
> > factories and fueling planes.
> See http://inventor1-y2k.com/newpage5.htm
>
> I wonder if this is as good as it sounds ? I have read the
> specifications
> and i can understand most of it, but i am not qualified to know whether
> it would actually work, or whether there is a flaw.
> Assuming it does work, I think we ought to roll it out as fast as
> possible,
> and close down the industries and technologies which are doing so much
> damage.I wonder what the obstacles are, which may prevent such change
> happening rapidly ? Whatever they are, I believe we must overcome them
> quickly. Global Warming is a terrible cataclysm bearing down upon all
> life
> on this planet, and there is very little time to take action to try and
> change our lifestyles so that we stop making it worse.
>
> Chris.
> http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~chrislees/tao.index.html
>
>
>
>
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