----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] Date: Saturday, March 7, 2009 8:20 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:bill muller?
> In reply to Esa Ruoho's message of Sat, 7 Mar 2009 22:02:47 +0200: > Hi, > [snip] > >It will then see every magnet as a > >charge-energy flywheel that has stored a huge number of ?charges > with mass > >in motion?. Hence BILL MULLER?s famous statement that every magnet > is a > >motor is absolutely correct." > [snip] > Of course a magnet stores energy. It's equal to the volume of the > magnet times > the magnetic energy density (often measured in MGO). However if you > work it out, > it's pretty trivial, even for the strongest of magnets, and > certainly doesn't > make them contenders for energy storage devices. > > 1 MGO is about 8 Joule / L. > > Regards, > > Robin van Spaandonk > > http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/Project.html > Muller apparently envisages the energy of the magnet to be more like a self-powered motor rather than to be like a store of energy. Harry Harry
