> 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 :-)


So according to this theory steel companies must have a hellish time
separating stacks of sheet metal plates.

Roland

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