> How can someone be smart enough to create a free energy device
> yet be dumb enough to try to bring it to market via conventional
> channels instead of giving it freely to the public domain?
>
>
> You have a point there! The traditional methods for control of
> intellectual property are:
>
> . Copyright - doesn't seem to apply to a "free energy" F/E machine.
>
> . Trade Secret - Are you sure you want to be the only person that
> knows how to make a multi-trillion dollar negative impact on the
> bottom lines of various large corporations or countries like Libya or
> Iraq?
>
> . Patent - three possible results of a patent application seem to be:
>
> 1. Patent denied - patent examiners don't understand how this thing
> could possibly work based on accepted physical theories.
>
> 2. Patent sequestered - One of various Federal Agencies declares that
> the material in the patent application has "national security impact"
> and slap a security gag order on you.
>
> 3. Patent issued - If the patent really works, congratulations, you
> now have a license to litigate! With billions of dollars at stake,
> you can bet you will in court for a long time. Maybe your
> grandchildren will collect.
>
> =====================
>
> The only real strategy is to give the invention away. Depending on
> how you do this, you will be immortalized in the history books. And
> you could probably make a tidy sum on selling books, consulting, and
> speaking engagements.
>
> And because the consensus has much inertia, you could also generate
> substantial income selling hundreds or thousands of working models of
> your invention to various organizations and institutions as their
> starting point for research and development. Or to the general public
> to power their homes and cars. Eventually the large commercial
> concerns will take over the invention and the business, but in the
> meantime, you can generate enough cash to finance your retirement.
>
> As Moray B. King and many others have pointed out, the only way to
> change the paradigm and gain acceptance of "free energy" is to widely
> broadcast the information for a simple, repeatable experiment.
>
> And with Internet technology, this can be done planet wide in a flash.
>
> Charles