From: a.ashfield
RAR wrote originally that the machine design output was 30 -
33 kW. So even if it worked as designed it would be uneconomic. Even if it
works well enough to overcome friction it will cause the text books to be
rewritten though. Yes - you have to wonder about their motivation. It is obviously not financial... or is it? Even in California with high kWhr rates, the machine could only save a user ~$40k maximum per year if it ran 24/7 with no maintenance. That would not come close to covering the interest on the loan to build it, much less the depreciation and maintenance cost. Of course, there are more valuable things than cost savings. The PR value could be high, but they (RAR) do not have a real brand name to promote, do they? They could quietly sell the concept to a profitable company which does need the PR. If one wanted to be cynical, it is possible that there could be a well thought-out but hidden motivation for proceeding in this manner. If the RAR machine worked at all, and beyond doubt, even with only a few kW of power instead of the 30 kW, then the company could probably float an IPO for a few billion. Given that the results defies the Conservation of Energy and a number of other sacred pronouncements of physics - yes this would be a major event and it would gain enormous free publicity. Yeah - think about it - if the Twitter IPO is worth $10 billion, then a working overunity device from RAR can be hyped-up to the max. Combined the (safe harbor) promise that results will only improve over time - and a few patents - followed by an immediate IPO originating in Brazil ... yeah, that would surely be worth $20 billion internationally, maybe more. You know what? These guys may not be as crazy as first thought (assuming that they really do have valid technology). In fact, if one did discover a minimal kind of gain which is scalable but with decreasing gain, and has no real commercial value for net energy production, as a practical matter - there is probably no better way to benefit financially from that invention than to build a huge monstrosity version in the USA - and then immediately float an IPO in the $10-30 billion range.
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