How does the Searl Effect Generator produce electricity from space?

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The Searl Effect Generator claims to produce electricity from the quantum energy field of space, but this assertion lacks scientific validity. Participants in the discussion emphasize that the conservation of energy principle prohibits the extraction of useful energy from quantum fields, often referred to as vacuum energy or zero point energy. The conversation highlights skepticism towards such claims, particularly regarding the lack of credible evidence and the tendency for these ideas to attract investment without scientific backing. Overall, the Searl Effect is dismissed as a closed subject within the scientific community.

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I don't know much about physics, but I'm wondering how this machine actually works ?
http://www.searlsolution.com/energy4.html

It produces electrical power from the quantum energy field of space.
 
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It doesn't take a quantum physicist to figure out how this one works:
step 1. create flashy publication to attract "investments"
step 2. there is no step 2.
 
roger said:
I don't know much about physics, but I'm wondering how this machine actually works ?
http://www.searlsolution.com/energy4.html

It produces electrical power from the quantum energy field of space.

Gosh, why didn't I think of that? :-p

Just to make it clear, there is no free lunch. There are no rogue physicists out there actually generating electric power from quantum fields. Don't let their gobbledegook deceive you... such false claims are very common. There are even people who use the internet to make money from trusting souls.

P.S. Yes, there is a quantum field which permeates space. It is sometimes called vacuum energy or zero point field. It consists of what is known as "virtual" particles. But there is no way to extract useful energy from it, because conservation of energy still applies as an overriding principle.
 
But if they are claiming that this machine works, how does it do it then ?

they say somewhere on their website that it extracts useful energy from it using law of the squares.
So isn't it actually transferring energy from one form to another ?
 
roger said:
But if they are claiming that this machine works, how does it do it then ?
It doesn't.

Read DrChinese again.

Garth
 
Garth said:
It doesn't.

Read DrChinese again.

Garth

What does conservation of energy have to do with it ? I don't understand.
 
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