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ZISCIENCE|2 CAN ZERO-POINT ENERGY GAIN CREDIBILITY? Braunschweig-Wolfenbiittel) and Wolfram Knapp (Institute for Experimental Physics, Otto-von- Guericke University Magdeburg) think they have devised a device that can harvest the ZPE and obtain some mechanical energy activity. The result is no small matter, even though the attention paid is quite small. Turtur's problem in obtaining public recognition is that the ZPE explanation requires considerable mathematics and physics skills. It's quite a lot to digest, and the presentation lends no sound-bite material for the lazy journalist. So | will attempt to provide an explanation about Turtur's paper suitable for the layperson such that the import, if it turns out to be really there, is within grasp. Turtur has realised that his previous harvesting attempts were based in the electrostatic field, netting such small results that practicality was out of reach. Thus the new work focuses on the energy density of magnetic fields because it increases the availability of energy by several orders of magnitude. any visible matter or not. Another portion of this energy is “quantum mechanical zero-point energy" because it is supposed that it originates from quantum mechanical zero-point oscillations. Though these oscillations are rather abstract, they are well known within quantum mechanics and have been for several decades. With that in mind, and for some this is an adulteration of the theory, there is energy everywhere in the quantum state to be harvested. The engineering goal is to make the ZPE visible and manifest it in the laboratory, leading to a harvest for mankind's use. That would convert the classical physics dark energy into mechanical energy, thus proving the classical theory. That premise for progress should—but doesn't—light a fire under the physics field to encourage experimentation. This brings us to what might be the leading, bleeding edge of physics theory and engineering. Claus W. Turtur (Fachbereich Elektrotechnik, University of Applied Sciences here is a lot of activity in zero- Teoin energy (ZPE) around the world. In the United States, it remains an oddball or unscientific field. In other places, the science is taken much more seriously. This writer abhors the notion of being hooked into "known" science when a lifetime is already filled with the facts being updated, corrected and reframed. Far better to keep an open mind: opportunity comes when preparedness and new events collide. Zero-point energy and cold fusion are now events, right or wrong; but, if right, one had better be prepared. The astronomy and cosmology sciences have observed that two- thirds of the total universe is comprised of an invisible type o energy, about which little is known or only slightly more than the fact that i exists. One cannot see this type o energy; thus it's been given the name "dark energy". The name does no compare with or connote "dark" or some miraculous paranormal forces; it simply points out that one canno see this energy, just like one canno see anything in darkness. The name also indicates that we have little knowledge of its nature or origin. This energy is sometimes referred to as "space energy” or "vacuum energy” because it is a property of mere space and thus vacuum. If classical physics is right, this energy is everywhere. It does not require a good vacuum in order to establish this energy. There is a great deal of space, even inside "solid" objects. Things are rather like that: space contains this energy independently, whether it contains This set-up with load resistor shows the results of Claus Turtur's paper: a powerful zero-point energy motor with realisable dimensions. (Source: Claus W. Turtur) APRIL - MAY 2011 NEXUS ¢ 51 by Brian Westenhaus © 20I1 www.nexusmagazine.com