>-----Original Message-----
>From: Russell McMahon [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] 
>Sent: 09 November 2005 16:11
>To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public.
>Subject: Re: [OT] New type of hydrogen (hydrino)
>
>The Casimir effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casimir_effect is a 
>consequence of this. (Read it - much easier to understand and may give 
>you ideas ;-) ). Crudely - if you take two metal plates and bring them 
>VERY close to each other you exclude certain quantum variations in the 
>space between the plates compared to the space outside it, with the 
>effect that they are driven together with immense force.
>All you have to do is
>    1. work out how to harness this force
>    2. Work out how to get the plates apart again :-)

Not sure that this could ever generate usefull amounts of energy, after all work=force*distance, and you have to get down to 10nm just to get a force per unit area equivalent to one atmosphere.

Regards

Mike

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