Perpetual nonsense
Jul 14th, 2007 | By CentroN | Category: SteornJul 13th 2007
From Economist.com
Sphere: Related ContentThere’s no free lunch in supplying energy
BEYOND the suburbs of science dwell all manner of amateur inventors, would-be Einsteins, saviours of the planet and other well-meaning crackpots. The one thing they invariably share is a fascination with science and a less than rigorous grounding in its fundamentals. A good number seem bent on bequeathing some marvel of engineering that can generate an endless supply of free energy—in short, a perpetual-motion machine.