Jones Beene <[email protected]> wrote: > Like the Papp engine, there will be strong disagreement over the > thermodynamic issues involved . . . > That is putting it mildly! I think most people would say it is a flat-violation of the laws of thermodynamics. You cannot run anything on "atmospheric heat" because the atmospheric temperature is uniform, except on a giant scale that I do not think any human technology can achieve at present. I guess you could tap atmospheric heat if the heat sink is outside the atmosphere, like a gargantuan OTEC generator in air instead of water.
> As for Papp, there is an overload of worthless anecdote still floating > around the net, but no independent evidence to suggest that a functional > prototype was ever built. It is all “stand” (with lots of arm waving) and > no “deliver”. > Ha, ha! Well said. One thing for sure, Papp and Rossi seem to have been cast from the same mold > – part inventor, part showman, and 100% controversial. > > Yup.
