Missouri Town Considers $90 Million For Perpetual Motion 2
Officials in Odessa, Mo. have proposed giving $90 million in revenue bonds to a Utah company who have created a generator that, "produces electricity using magnetic energy in a way never done before." But Bob Park, a physicist at the University of Maryland, and perpetual realist known for debunking perpetual-motion machines, says Odessa should be cautious. He says the enhanced efficiency claimed for the generator sounds like a violation of the second law of thermodynamics. From the article: "Park, the Maryland professor, said the generator’s patent at one point described generating electricity and energy from permanent magnets, but he said those contained only a small amount of energy. Overall, the patent is obtuse and poorly written, perhaps on purpose, he said. Adding, 'It is my personal opinion, based on years of experience in debunking perpetual-motion machines, that the language in this patent is deliberately obfuscating.'"
Let them spend the money! (Score:2)
After setting up shooting ranges on the township perimeter.
If it all pans out wonderfully, then the world has a new set of basic laws of physics ; if it all goes horribly wrong, then trainee cannon fodder for Iran get some target practice, and the rest of the world get a lovely example for persuading the kids to do their science homework, "or you die!"
Got to love goverment (Score:1)
They really know how to spend OUR money.