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(, Sun 1 Apr 2001, 1:00)
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Everlasting energy is very much the same thing.
How to sell it to energy producers though?
(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:11, 2 replies, latest was 16 years ago)
Easy
"Pay us £30 a month or we'll turn it off".
(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:15, Reply)
But everlasting energy can't possibly happen
The laws of entropy dictate that you can't get more out of a system than you put in, and thermodynamics make 100% efficient engines impossible, so while you may discover a cheaper form of energy, it will still require infrastructure, which someone will have to pay for and maintain, so there will always be a cost, though it may be much lower than those we currently have.
(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:18, Reply)
You have obviously never seen Star Trek.
It's all in the dilitheum crystals.
(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:27, Reply)
I'm giving it all she's got capt'n

(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:31, Reply)
but...but..what if it's made of clouds
and powered by unicorns?
(, Fri 14 May 2010, 12:33, Reply)

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