Harry Veeder wrote: > Paul wrote: [snip] >> It's called an energy *moving*, not an energy >> destroyer. :-) >> > > Yes, but if you can convert ambient heat into macroscopic > motion without a pre-existing thermal gradient that would > reduce ambient temperature.
Conversion, yes, but not destruction. The idea is energy from the air and ground are moved to say a television or electric automobile motor. The television and electric motor would heat up the air and ground, thus completing the cycle. Of course if say the car hood is slightly above room temperature then some of the energy is radiating to space, unless you live in smoggy Los Angeles. ;-) On the other hand, air would be blowing on the electric motor, thereby cooling down such air, which would cool the environment. So we have a small temperature gradient from the electric engine (and its nearby surroundings) and the FRE (Free Recyclable Energy) device (and its nearby surroundings). One area is hotter than room temperature, while the other is cooler than room temperature. If it were outside then the hotter area would radiate some extra energy above normal out to space, while the cooler area would radiate *less* energy than normal out to space. Of course the two would not precisely cancel, but it's close enough for government work. :-) Who knows, maybe in 1000 years such FRE devices could counteract humanities contribution to global warming. On the other hand, such a FRE device could actually add energy to the planet by decreasing the radiated energy to space relative to the energy received by the Sun. One could accomplish this by placing the FRE device outside and the load inside. The cold FRE device would cover a certain amount of ground that would normally radiate FIR radiation to space. Therefore, the cold FRE would radiate less energy to space than normal. The indoor load would be heat synced to the earth. This would result in less energy escaping the planet. :-) Blackbody radiation is relative to T^4. Who want to do such a thing in this day and age given global warming? Regards, Paul Lowrance ____________________________________________________________________________________ Need a quick answer? Get one in minutes from people who know. Ask your question on www.Answers.yahoo.com
