> AFAICT the alleged device uses numerous diodes connected in series, the
> diodes causing the random thermaly generated currents to move only in
> one direction.  I may be way off the mark (someone please correct me if
> so) but it seems to me that in order to produce a current all the diodes
> would need to be in conduction at the same time which impies that these
> random currents would have to be in phase in every diode which clearly
> they will not be, given their random nature.  Thoughts?

Wow!  I had no idea this would generate any replies at all- just thought
it might be worth a moment of incredulity to some of you on its way to
the rubbish heap.

I think his idea is that a bank of parallel nano-diodes (I'm assuming
sub-micron die size) is exposed to the environment and as heat
energy is absorbed, some electrons are excited and cross the PN
junction, after which they have nowhere to go but into the load.

I think it's just a variation on the old "energy of the aether" scam.
I also fail to see how it's fundamentally different from a Peltier/Seeberg
device- what he's describing is not in fact how a P/S device operates,
I find it hard to believe a person could build something like that and
measure a current out of it without there being some element of 
Seeberg effect present.

Mike H.
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