On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 3:41 AM, Tobias Gogolin wrote: > I guess its because I offer my services in industrial design and related > consulting, I get the question on magnetic motors quite frequently... > I always try to be very careful reminding people about the laws of > physics specifically thermodynamics that seem to have established quite > convincingly that there will always be more losses than gains ( I take th= e > time to remind people then that renewable energy harvesting is a > more promising investment of time )... > > Anyhow I might try to explain that you can't use a magnet to attract > a heightened magnetic field, and then just somehow to be coerced to drop > that field and let some other magnetic power deliver the new superior > desire to turn in the same direction... > Completely impossible - and then to add something of value I might > speculate what if it ever could be developed could get a desired effect > like that? What if like an FET controlled with very little energy > investment something could influence instead of the flow of current the > 'flow' of the magnetic field? What if a components para-magnetic properti= es > could be controlled? There might be physical difficulties but why shouldn= 't > it be possible to have a controlling voltage have superior effect over a > magnetic dielectric material ? > > Any thought provoked were fully intended ;) > Let it flow, I want to know! > > Do you have a few website links for these scam devices? I want to mess with some people. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .