energy

A question from another thread: Why would a choice of coordinates produce physical consequences? Assumption: A selection of coordinates (inertial reference system) does not change an objective physical reality. All inertial observers should agree on physics. Question: Does the transformation of...

Just wondering should I patent Molded Graphene or wait until I can manufacture more of it in large quantities? Right now it's very difficult to make, using a process simular but different to Rice University. https://youtu.be/3hHoL77QDkg

http://makerfaireafrica.com/2012/11/06/a-urine-powered-generator/ Is there any way this could possibly work? Obviously, if the idea is to get hydrogen from the water then this isn't a generator per se, and the urea content is just a way to reduce the energy required to perform electrolysis on...

Just a mile from me is a large field that used to yield corn, soybeans and the like, and is converted into a solar energy farm -- a sea of electricity-generating solar panels. Does this food-for-energy trade-off make sense?

TLDR I'd like this to remain in religion philosophy, as the metaphysical arguments (I believe) are valid, and the implications (Does God exist if this is valid? What religions or doctrines may support the idea?) may lead to some interesting discussions. It seems fair to qualify the...

I just saw this thing called an "Energy Wizard" on the Coolest Gadgets blog. Here: http://www.coolest-gadgets.com/20100610/ecotek-energy-wizard-saves-energy/ It purports to function by "making sure the alternating current and voltage works a little more smoothly. The voltage and current rise...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/12/mit.research.electricity/index.html Uses carbon nanotubes to create a thermopower wave. Potential benefits include smaller batteries that are environmentaly friends and don't leak energy when not in use but still provide large amounts of power.

There is an interesting thread here: http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=361792 The question is whether there is a difference in mass between empty and full memory. There seems to be a consensus that 0's and 1's can have different energies, and that can cause a mass difference, but a...

Okay, I guess it's a given that caffeine and other stimulants will wake you up, but the claims that energy drinks actually "boost your energy" always sounded like BS to me. What does "boost your energy" even mean? I know they've done studies that showed that kids don't get hyper when they eat...

I did a search on Dean Kraft here, but came up empty. I just caught the tail end of a movie on TV about him. I then went to his website where I found this: While I am quite skeptical, I am very curious - does anybody have any info, links, etc. that debunks him specifically? His site lists all...

WIND POWER REVOLUTION: h t t p ://digg.com/d1sT5o thoughts? again visit website to see images and a video of this new device working

‘A Presidential Energy Policy. Twenty-five Points Addressing the Siamese Twins of Energy and Money.’ by Michael C. Ruppert http://rubiconworks.com/ “Michael Ruppert does not mince his words writing a stirring and uncompromising book on a vital issue. He addresses some simple but widely...

From:http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090324/ts_alt_afp/usscienceenergynuclear;_ylt=As5DG2mYm7J_PP2is0ZygoQPLBIF WASHINGTON (AFP) – Researchers at a US Navy laboratory have unveiled what they say is "significant" evidence of cold fusion, a potential energy source that has many skeptics in the...

Have you guys seen this yet? r5IozwbRA88&feature=channel I wish more claimants would do a journal like this on YouTube :) This is his homepage, I guess: http://www.nickdutch.co.uk/index.html

I have never quite understood how or why a photon’s energy is related to the wavelength and thought about it this way: Picture the photon as a particle with a very small mass that travels in a wave like manner where all the waves have an equal peak-to-peak amplitude and all photons have the...

Oops. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ55UzAsp6M He might want to talk to the guy who picked him for vp. http://www.newsvirginian.com/wnv/news/local/article/obama_coal_the_key_to_americas_future/27502/

The Pearl of Wisdom; Whirlpower Theory by David Dennard The Pearl of Wisdom by David G. Dennard Chapter One The Origin of Energy Man once thought the Earth was flat and at the center of the solar system. This was a natural conclusion to come to for that is the way it appears. It still...

Can be seen here http://pickensplan.com/ Wants to use natural gas, and wind to reduce dependence on foreign oil. Edit cause I dropped the key board.

I just came across this woo woo: http://www.energy-medicine.info/ I don't think it has been mentioned before on this forum. "Inergetix is the most complete system for sound energy, magnetic, electric, plasma and light energy treatment. Inergetix offers the only system that combines...

Take a look at: youtube.com/watch?v=_ToojK_MJd0&feature=related (as a new member I cannot post the complete url address so you’ll have to add the missing prefix. Hopefully someone will repost with complete link.) Valcent Products Incorporated is now a penny stock trading publicly on the...

I was thinking about ethanol one day. I think corn based ethanol grown in temperate latitudes is really stupid. I would much rather eat the corn. While discussing it one day, I found myself saying, "There has to be a more efficient way to capture sunlight than by using chlorophyll to produce...

I received this spam mail and it is so jaw-droppingly ridiculous, I wondered if, in an attempt to part even more cash from Gullibles, the pseudo-science rhetoric can possibly get any further from reality - or is this just a random phrase generator at work? Anyway its well worth reading just to...

Hey, I was reading Peebles, "Principles of Physical Cosmology", 1993. On page 139, in a section talking about "Blackbody Radiation in an Expanding Universe" he says: What? No global energy conservation in general relativity? How can that be? :confused: Say it isn't so! Can anyone clear...

Hi all I am doing some research about the misuse of energy and thermodynamics concepts (such as chakras, chi, energy pathway blockages, pure energy, 2nd law prohibits evolution, etc) in pseudoscience and was wondering if anyone here could help out with any of the following: a) Examples of...

If a hypothetical body, say a meteorite, for example, floating slowly through space ventures within the gravitational pull of, say a planet (yes, I know it's always within the gravitational pull of the planet, but let's say the overriding pull of the planet over and above all other astral...

Introduction: Many have theorized that the fall time of WTC7 can only be explained by controlled demolition. The fall time indicates there was very little resistance to collapse. This analysis looks at some energy issues in that context to try and quantify the resistance. Method: My approach...

"Most photons in the universe belong to the cosmic background radiation that survives from the big bang. Their total number remains almost constant. The entropy per unit (call it s) equals 4/3T times the thermal energy aT4 per unit volume, where T is temperature and a the radiation energy...

I'd like to comment more on this, but don't have the time right now. See http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1996321846673788606 for a talk given at Google. According to a very bright, Princeton educated physicist Robert Bussard, who has successfully created fusion in small, magnetically...

We burn wood in a wood burning stove for heating our house most of the time. My lovely wife often cooks my dinner on top of the stove. One day I jokingly, and to my great regret, told her that she was using up all the heat cooking, and this was why it was chilly in the house. She asked why...

I'm curious whether any attempt has been made to account for the aggregate heat generated by burning fossil fuels. As I understand it, FFs represent millions of years' worth of solar energy, captured and stored in organic material. By burning them so quickly, aren't we effectively...