[Rhodes22-list] alternative energy

[Ronald Lipton]

Here is a more "official" statement:

1. FREE ENERGY: APS BOARD SPEAKS OUT ON PERPETUAL MOTION.
Well, it's not exactly the frontier of physics research, but somebody had to 
say it. Already this year we've had the Jasker Power System (WN 25 Jan 02), 
Chukanov Quantum Energy (WN 8 Feb 02), and the Motionless Electromagnetic 
Generator (WN 5 Apr 02). Not to mention Bubble Fusion (WN 1 Mar 02), hydrino 
rockets (WN 21 Jun 02), and whatever scam Dennis Lee is running now (WN 3 
May 02). So, on Saturday, 22 June, the Executive Board of the American 
Physical Society unanimously adopted the following statement:
  "The Executive Board of the American Physical Society is concerned that in 
this period of unprecedented scientific advance, misguided or fraudulent 
claims of perpetual motion machines and other sources of unlimited free 
energy are proliferating. Such devices would directly violate the most 
fundamental laws of Nature, laws that have guided the scientific advances 
that are transforming our world."