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7. History has already and continues to prove the point. There's no profit in limitless free energy.

Tue Aug 12, 2014, 11:15 AM

Aug 2014

This dynamic is why Tesla died a poor man and Edison went on to be the (ewww) role model for young scientists.

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Physicists make 'tractor beam' in water [View all] theHandpuppet Aug 2014 OP

This sounds like it could be used to produce energy brush Aug 2014 #1

Doing it mechanically would consume more energy than it would produce Scootaloo Aug 2014 #2

Good thought brush Aug 2014 #3

part of me doesn't mind Scootaloo Aug 2014 #4

I don't think it will take two hundred years, to be frank theHandpuppet Aug 2014 #5

I don't get your first sentence brush Aug 2014 #6

Wouldn't the profit come from green energy though? brush Aug 2014 #8

I can see it being used to capture an oil spill sooner than energy. Vincardog Aug 2014 #10