Free energy?

Readers of The Economist may have spotted Steorn’s advert, making the modest claim to have overturned the fundamental principles of thermodynamics. The Irish firm asserts that it has invented “a technology that produces free, clean and constant energy”.

What to make of this? Some have suggested it’s a big hoax, designed to demonstrate the power of marketing, or the gullibility of consumers and scientists. That’s hard to believe. But so is free, clean and constant energy.

If the firm really does have something to show for its claims, it would be a fundamental leap, not only in our understanding of elementary physics, but also in addressing the environmental challenges we increasingly face. And I can’t help feeling that we just don’t deserve to shirk our environmental responsibilities so easily.

 

 
22.8.06 16:58
 


To date 1 Comment(s)     TrackBack-URL


colbor / Website (23.8.06 22:34)
 Interesting- when will we know the truth? (if ever??)

Name:
Email:
Website:
 Email me when further comments are posted
Save information (cookie)


 Insert emoticons