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Smoke and mirrors. Magically creating another 'state' of a material is hogwash. Basic thermodynamics, no heat differential, no energy gradient to steal power from. If you add potential differences (e.g. batter), then it does work, til it runs down. You cannot extract anything from temperature if there is no difference in temperature to exploit. That is shown by the practical examples. If this was possible, a few square miles of the stuff folded up in a living room could power the country. One must ask how likely this is. Sadly, nobody seems to know enough science NOT to have to ask.
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Free electricity  ABC987_ | 10/26/07
RE: Creating power out of thin air  WRatzkaMR | 10/26/07
This is snake oil  Qbt | 10/26/07
Can't tell without better reportage...  Bob.Kerns | 10/27/07
RE: Creating power out of thin air  judicandus | 10/28/07
RE: Creating power out of thin air  Turb0flat4 | 10/28/07
Have you read the wikipedia article?  judicandus | 11/03/07
RE: Creating power out of thin air  Dr_Zinj | 10/29/07
Have you read the wikipedia article?  judicandus | 11/03/07
Seebeck effect, huge amounts of energy from small temperature differences  WRatzkaMR | 11/03/07
Thermoelectrics  Zed4785 | 11/04/07
That's not what theyre talking about  WRatzkaMR | 11/05/07

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