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Free Power? Grading 10 Off-Beat Energy Ideas

Posted July 29, 2010 8:59 AM

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It is every backyard inventor's dream to develop a new power source that will provide unlimited energy to the world. More often than not, the dream is a mirage which leads its inventor ever farther from physics and deeper into fantasy. Then again, some out-there ideas could offer real hope for the future. Here are a handful of cutting-edge technologies that, their inventors hope, could lead to cheap, plentiful energy.

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07/29/2010 9:31 AM

/Came to see if the article covered MAGNETS!

//Left satisfied. Woo-hoo.

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07/29/2010 10:34 AM

Yup. I just mailed off my $500. Ground floor, baby!

You magnet naysayers will soon be waving at me in my new mansion on Easy Street. Suckers!
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07/29/2010 1:17 PM

The second sentence: "More often than not, the dream is a mirage which leads its inventor ever farther from physics and deeper into fantasy.".

More often than not?

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07/29/2010 8:14 PM

It is a literal kindness for the crackpots, so as to provide a sanctuary from harsh reality.

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08/02/2010 11:26 AM

I knew someone would notice that, sooner or not.

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Free Power? Grading 10 Beat Off Energy Ideas

07/29/2010 11:13 PM

How did I know I'd find you guys here?
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