It was meant to be public. I usually just hit "reply". I did a calculation based on the known reserves (from placer mines) of Nd and the claimed efficiency of Steorn. All the Nd in the world would not do better than 10% of the present consumption. However, others have pointed out that, once Nd can be shown to provide free energy, more costly sources might be tapped. For example, Mt. Weather was once the primary source of Nd in the US until the Chinese reserves were found. However, the Indians get their Nd from extraction from sand. Some sources think that iron mine tailings could be a rather large source.
Terry On Jan 12, 2008 2:05 PM, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You sent this message to me, instead of Vortex. Perhaps by accident again? > > Anyway that's a good point, but I expect magnet motors would be the only > primary source of energy needed. In other words, they would generate > electricity, and some of that might be used to make chemical fuel for > specialized applications, but I doubt we would need any other primary source. > I am assuming the magnet motors can be scaled up or down and they can be made > very powerful, and there is no limit to the number of magnets we can make. I > may be wrong about that. I have not seen your comments on neodymium yet (and > I'll bet you can't say "neodymium" three times a in row quickly). > > Ditto cold fusion, by the way. I doubt we would need any other primary > source, assuming we can produce CF without platinum group metals. > > If the magnet motors start to go world wide I shall patch up LENR-CANR and > the book to say: "Everything we say about cold fusion applies to these things > too!!!" > > - Jed > > -----Original Message----- > >From: Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Jan 11, 2008 10:14 PM > >To: Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: [Vo]:The OC Magnetic Perpetual Motion Machine > > > >So it is claimed: > > > >http://www.steorn.com/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=60132&page=18#Item_17 > > > >We do not depend solely on oil. I doubt we would depend solely on > >magnets. See my analysis on the availability on neodymium in the > >archives. > > > >Terry > > > >On Jan 11, 2008 9:50 PM, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> Terry Blanton wrote: > >> > >> >FWIW, Al is reporting over 7 hours of continuous run of his magnetic > >> >motor over in the Steorn forum. Replications are close to > >> >realization. > >> > >> Seven hours? As Chris Tinsley used to say, that narrows it down to two > >> possibilities: real, or fraud. No middle ground there. Some of the > >> skeptics commenting on the video claimed they saw fishing line unreeling > >> and pulling the device. That wouldn't work for 7 hours. Nor would small > >> batteries or demagnetization. I suppose there are a few other ways to fake > >> it, but anyway, if it really did run for 7 hours with no wires attached, > >> that sounds like irrefutable proof to me. > >> > >> I hope it is replicated and thousands of copies are made world-wide within > >> a few months. The only thing that I would regret -- slightly -- is that it > >> would probably make cold fusion moot, and it might even cause cold fusion > >> to be forgotten. (On the other hand, an astounding breakthrough might open > >> people's minds to other possibilities such as cold fusion, which might > >> still be useful for transmutation.) But anyway, a magnetic motor would > >> serve all of the purposes I described in my book, and that is the only > >> thing that matters. > >> > >> - Jed > >> > >> > > > >
