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11:44 AM, August 20th 2006

by Dan Nicolae Alexa

 

We now know for more than a century that energy cannot be created and

that it cannot be destroyed. It just transforms itself. But and Irish

firm claims the contrary.

 

Sean McCarthy is the head of Steorn, a small hi-tech firm in Dublin.

What brought him to fame was an advertisement page he bought in The

Economist last week, inviting the scientific community to test his

announced invention, which by the way, violates the very first

principle of thermodynamics.

 

" We are under no illusions that there will be a lot of cynicism out

there about our proposition, as it challenges one of the basic

principles of physics, " he said.

 

" However, the implications of our technology go far beyond scientific

curiosity: they address many urgent global needs including security

of energy supply and zero emission energy production. "

 

The company, based in Dublin's Docklands Innovation Park, is seeking

12 scientists to take part in a rigorous testing exercise to prove

the technology creates free energy.

 

'It wasn't so much a Eureka moment as a get-back-in-there-and-check-

your-instruments moment, although in far more colorful language,'

said McCarthy.

 

But when he attempted to share his findings, he says, scientists

either put the phone down on him or refused to endorse him publicly

in case they damaged their academic reputations.

 

What the Irish firm claims is not less than the discovery which would

make the famous " perpetuum mobile " a reality. The French Academy

dismissed such " scientific " projects since the 18th century, after

more than a hundred similar claims about the same matter proved to be

total failures.

 

But now, McCarthy and his colleagues are bringing that matter back to

life. " We have to fight public opinion, we have to fight the

scientific community and we have to fight the energy industry. We

couldn't pick a worse battleground. "

 

Despite the lack of trust from most academics, within 36 hours of his

advert appearing he had been contacted by 420 scientists in Europe,

America and Australia, and a further 4,606 people had registered to

receive the results.

 

" The claim does rail against so much thinking from ordinary people,

through the engineering community to the academic community, it's a

prerequisite that this is accepted by science, and that this is

embraced by science. "

 

" Oh, goodness, what can I say? " said Martin Sevior, associate

professor at Melbourne University's School of Physics. " It violates a

very fundamental principle of physics, and flies in the face of 2000-

years-plus of physics. It's an incredibly big claim. "

 

But Steorn's chief executive, Sean McCarthy, insisted that scientists

had already examined the technology and had said off the record that

it worked.

 

" What we have developed is a way to construct magnetic fields so that

when you travel round the magnetic fields, starting and stopping at

the same position, you have gained energy, " he told Ireland's RTE

radio.

 

" The energy isn't being converted from any other source such as the

energy within the magnet. It's literally created. Once the technology

operates, it provides a constant stream of clean energy. "

 

" We fully accept there is going to be cynicism surrounding this but

what we're saying to the world of science is come and prove us

wrong, " said Steorn Chief Executive Sean McCarthy.

 

Over the past two to three years, 90% of the scientists the company

asked to examine the technology refused. He said the 10% who

investigated drew the same conclusion as the company that it can

create energy.

 

" We're throwing down the gauntlet with today's announcement — now

it's over to the scientists to ensure that the real potential and

benefits of our technology can be realised. "

 

Mr. McCarthy said the results would be published regardless of the

outcome.

 

" We have to fight public opinion, we have to fight the scientific

community and we have to fight the energy industry. We couldn't pick

a worse battleground. "

 

Barry Williams, of the Australian Skeptics, said he did not believe

it. " They are not the first company to claim they have suddenly

discovered the miraculous property of magnetism that allows you to

get free energy. "

 

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ps.......all the energy in the universe is free......all the best

things in life are too.......did you ever pay the void for your vim

and vigour?

 

.......bob