Calling him a B S artist is to do a great injustice to self respecting bulls. The most revealing thing about his "science" page is the list of published refereed papers. On 31 July 2014 22:27, The Lightning Stalker wrote: > This Bill Alek guy looks like a real B.S. artist. He is putting carbon > arc rods in a spark gap and claiming cold fusion, alchemy, and 160% > overunity. The "pictures" of the SSBC and friends on the site are vector > drawings, not even pictures of real equipment. Take a look at his > "science" (more like pseudoscience) site at intalek.com. > > ---------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 13:34:26 -0500 > > From: mechanic_2@charter.net > > To: piclist@mit.edu > > Subject: Re: [EE] Self-Sustainable Battery Charger? > > > > Russell, > > I have to agree. This is perpetual motion and that violates the > > basic laws of thermodynamics. Yes, we are surrounded by energy and we > > can harvest that energy but the amount that can be harvested is very > > limited. Even trying to get enough power for a light bulb is very > > difficult. Keeping a battery charged and supplying enough power to run = a > > motorcycle with a person on it would be impossible. > > Also energy recovery during coasting and braking is a real and > > achievable goal but you can't recover 100% let lone recover 100%+. Some > > percent of power will be loss to heat caused by friction with the air, > > friction in the bearings, friction at the tire and road interface, > > resistance in the wiring, and resistance in the batteries. An 80% total > > efficiency rating is probably being conservative. It is probably closer > > to 50%. > > Thanks, > > rich! > > > > On 7/31/2014 12:41 PM, RussellMc wrote: > >>> Self-Sustainable Battery Charger?* > >>> * http://auroratek.us/PRODUCTS.html > >> I'm usually careful to be polite about such 'over-unity' claims and I > try > >> hard to keep an open mind and leave opportunity to discover new things= .. > >> > >> However, in this case they have a very well founded product, they make > very > >> specific claims, they have working hardware exhibited at shows, they > have > >> firm release dates for a range of products, and their web site contain= s > >> material providing outlines of the underlying physics behind their > >> equipment. > >> > >> Here is the Jetson self charging electric scooter. (Cute name) > >> Add a second battery that you can switch to and take it easy and you > could > >> ride this around the world non-stop (the dry parts anyway). > >> Or just hook it up to a load and get around 200 Watt's continuous. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 __________________________________________ David C Brown 43 Bings Road Whaley Bridge High Peak Phone: 01663 733236 Derbyshire eMail: dcb.home@gmail.com SK23 7ND web: www.bings-knowle.co.uk/dcb --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .