Re: Then I guess this doesn't count either....*

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Original poster: "Ed Phillips by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <evp-at-pacbell-dot-net>

Tesla list wrote:
> 
> Original poster: "Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz by way of Terry Fritz
<twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>" <acmq-at-compuland-dot-com.br>
> 
> Tesla list wrote:
> >
> > Original poster: "by way of Terry Fritz <twftesla-at-uswest-dot-net>"
> <uncadoc-at-juno-dot-com>
> 
> > You engineers, stop the petty bickering, quit saying it is not possible
> > and combine your knowledge and know how and get together and create a
> > real energy transmission device, open your minds, forget your rigid
> > training and look for the new way.
> 
> I would say that it's not a question of "training", but a question of
> knowledge and experience, accumulated in the century after the works
> of Tesla, if not for much longer time.
> Engineers -know- that it's very difficult to extract energy
> from anything, it's difficult to transport energy over long distances,
> and it's difficult to use any kind of energy efficiently.
> Now, when the Earth's resources are being clearly depleted by
> Man's activities, no method for energy processing that is not efficient
> can be seriously considered.
> Observe also the crescent suspicion about effects of strong
> electromagnetic fields in human health and in the environment. If
> there is people upset with -signal- transmitters, imagine what they
> would say about -power- transmitters...
> (Disclaimer: I don't believe in any harmful effects of electromagnetic
> fields that aren't strong enough to cook you).
> 
> Antonio Carlos M. de Queiroz

	Surprised that Terry let this slip through, but can't help commenting. 
I agree with Antonio completely.  Unlike what you apparently believe,
almost all REAL engineers (young ones at least) are always looking for
new and innovative ways to do things.  Unfortunately, real engineers are
bound by reality and the real and immutable laws of nature.  If it's
impossible, it will stay impossible.  If it's possible, someone will
achieve it by design or by accident.  It's been over a century since
Tesla first proposed his "wireless" transmission systems and, in spite
of the tremendous personal financial rewards which would come to someone
reducing it to practice, no one has done it and no one ever will.  His
scheme - to carry energy by means of an ionized layer of atmosphere,
with return via the earth - is plainly spelled out in his writings, and
it has several technical flaws which are quite amenable to analysis.
Dream all you wish............... It isn't going to happen.

Ed