Any EE knows that an enclosed box at room temperature containing air, wire, and an appropriate load can generate so-called "free energy" 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
The amount of continuous power for a single object is: P = 4 K T dF K is Boltzmann constant T is temperature in Kelvin df is bandwidth. @ room temperature say 1 GHz dF we get just 17 pW. Not much power, but such an object could be a nano particle. One trillion of such objects generates 17 watts. Increase the bandwidth 1 THz and we get 17 kilowatts. Quote taken from WikiPedia.org: "Since any thermodynamic engine requires such a temperature difference, it follows that no useful work can be derived from an isolated system in equilibrium; there must always be an external energy source and a cold sink. The second law is often invoked as the reason why perpetual motion machines cannot exist." ^ Incorrect ^ I think the Philosopher / Physicist P.W. Bridgman, (1941) said it best "There are almost as many formulations of the second law as there have been discussions of it." Regards, Paul Lowrance ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sponsored Link Free Uniden 5.8GHz Phone System with Packet8 Internet Phone Service http://www.getpacket8.net/yahoo2
