Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-16 Thread Nick Palmer
R C Macaulay wrote:- On to the harvesting of ocean tides and currents.. thats a bridge too far. The maintenance alone kills the idea even before the costs of construction per kilowatt hour generated is added up. Richard Try looking athttp://www.bluenergy.com/index.html

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-16 Thread Jones Beene
I meant to add the obvious alternative to: If you redesign it for Cryo-air, and only expand CA through the engine itself... then that is not enough, as you will need enormous fuel tanks, and a larger engine... BUT if you add a turbine to the exhaust (turbo-generator, not turbo compressor)

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-16 Thread RC Macaulay
Nick Palmer wrote.. try looking at Blue Energy.com. The Sea Islanddesign back in the 1980's( proposed) looked remarkably similar to the Blue Energy project. The Sea Island plan was scrubbed because of the cost per kilowatt/hr produced PLUS the cost of maintenance. Anyone familar with "

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Frederick Sparber
If the energy (E) in the classical equation E = mc^2 intrinsically contains (is part of) the Vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) then: dE = dmc^2 IOW, the classical radius of the fundamental particles, R = kq^2/Eor R = kq^2/mc^2 can be varied by"environmental" conditions that vary the intrinsic

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Horace Heffner
At 5:26 AM 2/15/5, Frederick Sparber wrote: If the energy (E) in the classical equation E = mc^2 intrinsically contains (is part of) the Vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) then: dE = dmc^2 IOW, the classical radius of the fundamental particles, R = kq^2/E or R = kq^2/mc^2 can be varied by

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Horace Heffner
At 5:26 AM 2/15/5, Frederick Sparber wrote: If the energy (E) in the classical equation E = mc^2 intrinsically contains (is part of) the Vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) then: dE = dmc^2 IOW, the classical radius of the fundamental particles, R = kq^2/E or R = kq^2/mc^2 can be varied by

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Frederick Sparber
Horace Heffner wrote: At 5:26 AM 2/15/5, Frederick Sparber wrote: If the energy (E) in the classical equation E = mc^2 intrinsically contains (is part of) the Vacuum Zero Point Energy (ZPE) then: dE = dmc^2 IOW, the classical radius of the fundamental particles, R = kq^2/E or R =

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Jones Beene
- Original Messages - From: Frederick Sparber and Horace Heffner Does this mean that Bridgman's high pressure squeezing of water/ice dumped energy, then ZPE pumped in enough energy to allow it to explode when the pressure was released? [snip] or the 1/R^4 attractive force between the

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread Horace Heffner
At 8:13 AM 2/15/5, Frederick Sparber wrote: Horace Heffner wrote: [snip] For example, if an electron can be confined to a 1 angstrom range then there is an uncertainty of 1.06x10^-24 kg-m/s on the momentum and thus 6.1x10^-19 J or 3.8 eV uncertainty on energy. Does this mean that Bridgman's

Re: Speculation on ZPE

2005-02-15 Thread RC Macaulay
Necessarymechanical systems required for a Bridgman water/ice theme to function in an internal combustion engine can be worked out. It is possible to create the vacuum and isolate and tailor the actual product temperature required by the usinga variation of an ejector throat and nozzle