Steorn vs Science

Teddies are thrown from cots, pigtails are pulled and feet are stamped very, very hard. Scientists are furious.

In an earlier post and in various comments, I’ve postulated that for Steorn’s tech to change the world, Sean & Co only have to be telling the truth. They can be wrong about the science stuff, but not the engineering. The idea that they could have made a measurement error is simply laughable. It is possible that their spinning thing spins, that it powers a revolution in energy generation and, as it does, it fuels an explosion so bright that shadows shatter and veils fall. New insights follow. Another part of our universe is revealed for what it truly is.

Science and Steorn kiss and make up.

The centre-piece in this drama is something scientists call, Conservation of Energy. A central pillar of science, the concept is used in thousands of calculations around the world on any given day. We cannot create energy; merely convert it from one form to another. This means that when a machine performs work, we always get less out than we put in. There are inevitable losses (heat, noise, vibration etc). Since these losses are forms of energy and we cannot create the stuff, we always operate below 100% efficiency. In saying that they have a machine that gets more out than it puts in, Steorn attracts scepticism. To go further and to say that it destroys the laws of physics is something else indeed.

So, what’s the beef? Why are they saying this? The truth is, I don’t know, but here are some thoughts:

When we’re talking about the impossible, anything’s possible – including Steorn being correct in their analysis. We know they’re smart and, I at least, assume they are truthful. They say that, to the best of their ability, they have measured every source and sink of energy they could and can find no sign of where the stuff is coming from. The corollary here is that they are somehow creating it out of nothing.

If you isolate a machine that is producing a particular power output, you can perform a thermodynamic analysis that should tell you if, for example, the energy is being drawn from ambient air temperature. This is one of the areas where it is easy to make errors in measurement and interpretation. However, it’s a lot simpler to do if the energy being ‘produced’ is so great that any corresponding loss to the environment should be obvious. This should be the case with an Orbo.

The energy density of Steorn-tech is so high that they feel confident in saying that it has to be coming from some mysterious and unknown phenomenon - that it is being created. However, if we are going to talk about new science, why not conjure up some new fuel source instead? Many physicists now believe that particles are created and destroyed all the time and all around us – even in the most absolute of vacuums. Who knows? There are so many candidates for analysis, that risking your credibility on an assertion that the foundation laws of science are wrong, is courting controversy.

They may believe what they say and turn out to be right, but I can’t help but wonder if they are simply picking a fight to gather a crowd to the playground.