Re: Moderator requests input on "Wireless Power Transfer"

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Original poster: Jim Lux <jimlux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

At 06:13 PM 3/25/2007, Tesla list wrote:
> Original poster: "Gerry  Reynolds" <gerryreynolds@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Hi Matt,
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> I'm a little confused with your including items d,e,f as missions of 
> this list.  This seems to be counter to your last paragraph.

I think Matt was asking a (semi-rhetorical) question as to options.


For myself, (a) and (c).. to a lesser extent (c)


> Gerry
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> > Original poster: Mddeming@xxxxxxx
> >      This list grew in membership and respect because it kept its 
> > focus very specific: Solid engineering advice and development.
> >  Perhaps the time has come to once again define the mission of 
> > this list. Is it:
> > a) to promote the art and science of safe Tesla Coil Building? (As 
> > it once was)
> > b) to promote any and all of Tesla's devices? (Thermomagnetic 
> > engines, bladeless turbines,etc.)
> > c) to promote any and all high voltage devices? (Lifters, rail 
> > guns, lasers, fusion devices, etc.)
> > d) to speculate endlessly on anything that Tesla was claimed to 
> > have done, or thought of doing or was interested in?
> > (UFOs, Free Energy, Time travel, Teleportation, Interdimensional 
> > Travel, Fuelless cars, etc.)
> > e) to proselytize the gospel of the prophet Tesla, who is not dead 
> > but gone to a higher resonance?
> > f) Something else.
> >
> > IMO, the further away from (a) we get, the more it becomes like the 
> > speculative groups.
> >  (Yahoo yahoos.)
> >
> > I believe that when this topic comes up, as it does every year 
> > (like crabgrass) it needs to be simply explained that it was one of 
> > "the Maestro's" boo-boos, that it never has worked because known, 
> > verifiable, scientific principles are against it, and then move on. 
> > Those who wish to speculate and believe in the face of all evidence 
> > should be gently redirected to the groups that feed on speculation 
> > and "tabloid science" .
> >
> > Matt D.
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