Dear
          Gavin,
          
          
          Like
          the way you are beginning to think about the problem; it reminds me of
          my own early struggles, so I can certainly appreciate it.
          
          
          Here's
          a little "thought experiment" which may be helpful.
          
          
          In
          the lab at a given point, we are going to instantly produce a dipole. 
          Little positive charge separated a bit from a little negative
          charge.  We'll pay for
          that, by doing work to force those little charges apart. 
          But we will "fix" the dipole solidly once the charges
          are separated, and never let them separate again. 
          (Hey, like forcing the magnetic poles apart, so that there's a
          north pole (plus mag charge) at one end of a bar, and a south pole
          (negative mag charge) at the other end. 
          Then the metal's characteristic holds these charges in place,
          so they do not vanish by floating back together to become "zero
          charge" effectively.
          
          
          Since
          we can play God in a thought experiment, we also have perfect
          instruments.  We put a
          straight line from that point in the lab, radially out into the
          universe, and in fact all the way to the "end" of the
          universe, wherever that may be.
          
          
          Along
          that line we also place a "perfect instrument", at lengths
          separated by one second of travel by light. 
          That's nearly 3x10exp8 meters apart.
          
          
          Then
          we instantly produce our dipole, paying for separating the charges. 
          It cost us a little bit of energy expended on the charges.
          
          
          One
          second later, the first instrument reads (whatever level the field
          will be at that point), and it REMAINS at that level from then on,
          which means a steady flow is passing, and the initial reading was
          because the moving front of that flow reached that instrument.
          
          
          At
          the end of the second second, the second instrument reads and REMAINS
          at that level.
          
          
          And
          so on.
          
          
          One
          year later, we have filled a volume of space a light year in radius,
          with additional energy, and the energy is still flowing out of that
          dipole in our laboratory, as every second the next farther instrument
          reads and holds that reading.
          
          
          The
          dipoles in matter have been radiating free energy in that manner for
          some 14 billion years.
          
          
          We
          have other instruments set up in our lab which prove there is no EM
          energy being furnished to that dipole in 3-space. 
          Well, either we must throw away the conservation of energy law,
          or that dipole is receiving the energy from the time domain, since the
          fourth Minkowski axis is all that is left if we stay in a Minkowski
          model.
          
          
          Be
          sure to read my paper, "Giant Negentropy from the Common
          Dipole" to see how that also solves the same problem for a single
          "isolated charge".  And
          be sure to read my reference on particle physics and the broken
          symmetry of the dipole to realize that particle physics is consistent
          with my solution.  Also
          read Mandl and Shaw, Quantum Field Theory, Chap. 5 to realize that
          quantum field theory is also strongly supportive and validative of my
          solution.
          
          
          Every
          charge and dipole in an EM system constantly pours out energy that
          way, and that is proven already in physics, just not in EE.
          
          
          So
          every charge and dipole already prove that energy can be extracted
          from the vacuum and/or curved spacetime. 
          It happens in every charge and dipole in every electrical
          system.
          
          
          That
          we have not learned to use that to actually arrange our systems so
          they in turn furnish us free energy, is the fault of the scientific
          community in not applying into electrical engineering what is already
          proven and known in physics.
          
          
          Cheers,
          
          
          Tom
          Bearden
          
          
          
           
          Dear Tom Bearden (or his associates)
          
          I am an Australian living in Denmark, with an interest in alternative
          energy / overunity devices. I have a background in Computer
          Engineering, and Languages (of late - working as a translator in my
          own small business). I have dabbled in Thermodynamics in my spare time
          (studied it) in the hope of finding an exploitable loophole or flaw in
          the 2nd Law which would enable me to construct a heat engine that did
          not require a cold sink (and hence would allow energy to be harvested
          from the air or sea, etc.). When I became aware of the potential for
          COP > 1 electrical devices, I shelved my former project as being no
          longer relevant.
          
          I would be very interested in somehow helping with the distribution of
          the MEG in Denmark/Scandinavia and/or Australia when it becomes
          available, either by helping to organise a distribution channel, or
          even trying to set one up myself. I am a good writer and might also be
          able to help in getting a "grass roots" movement going,
          educating the masses, translating some of the technical background
          into a more digestible form (for non-Engineers), etc.
          
          I would love to receive any information which you are willing to
          release regarding the state of the project, the expected path to be
          followed from here, the applications for the device that you will
          intially target, and in which countries, potential barriers to be
          overcome (e.g. safety regulations, licensing etc.). I don't suppose I
          could buy a working (small) MEG device yet, or get hold of a copy of
          the patent?
          
          end of original message
          
          I did a search under "Thomas Bearden" on the IBM patent
          database, and got no responses, which is why I
          wanted to know if I can get an electronic copy of the patent
          application direct from you guys (assuming it is securely in place).
          
          I have thought of a very simple experiment/argument that may show the
          potential of zero point energy, based on classical physics, which I
          sent to members of my family. I include the message below:
          (you are welcome to publish it / edit it on the cheniere website if
          you think its useful).
          
          Last
          night I thought of what I think might be a simple proof of the free
          energy available in the "vacuum" (zero point energy).
          
          First some physics background.
          Work is said to be done on an object if you apply a force that moves
          the object over a certain distance.
          
          Work = force x distance.
          
          If I push with all my weight against a railway carriage (which won't
          budge), I haven't done any work on the carriage, even if I do it for 5
          minutes (but I will feel like I've done some work!).
          
          If I push a 20kg box 5 metres accross the floor, and I have to push
          with a force of 50 Newtons to do so, I will have done 50 x 5 = 250
          joules of work (not much really). Most likely the box will be
          stationary when I'm finished (unless it's on a skateboard), so it will
          have in turn passed all the energy into the floor as friction.
          
          If, however, I throw a 200g cricket ball, applying say the same 50
          Newtons of force over a 1 metre arc, I will have done work of 50 x 1 =
          50 joules on the ball, and the ball will now possess that energy as
          kinetic energy, and this will incidently be equal to 1/2 mass x
          velocity squared as well. The ball will lose some of this energy
          during it's flight (friction), but it will still possess more than
          enough kinetic energy at the end of it's flight to smash a window.
          
          Now, back to my proof.
          
          Lie a bar magnet on a table top in front of you. Hold a paper clip in
          your left hand, 5-10 mm away from the bar magnet. Release the paper
          clip. It will skate accross to the magnet and stick to it. Now the
          magnet has done work on the paper clip, it exercised a force over a
          certain (very small, but real) distance. This requires energy. Where
          did that energy come from? We are not talking about much energy of
          course, a tiny fraction of 1 joule. But we can find something a bit
          heavier than the paper clip, and that will mean a greater force is
          exerted, and we can repeat the experiment 1,000,000 times, without the
          magnet getting "used up" as far as I am aware.
          
          The more I think about it, the more I am convinced it must be possible
          to develop some kind of "perpetual motion" device involving
          simple magnets (and no electrical input) - a so-called permanent
          magnet motor. It may never produce enough torque to be particularly
          useful, but it would illustrate the point that it is possible to
          harvest energy from the vacuum - in other larger scale ways.
          
          For example, take a look at this device:
          
          http://www.geocities.com/MadisonAvenue/2439/smot.htm
          
          you could conceivably find a way for the ball to run down a slope
          somewhere and return to it's starting point.
          
          I am currently trying to think of simple ways to make a permanent
          magnet "motor" (just something that will
          cycle indefinitely, albeit very weakly). I think such a device could
          work as a bridge to help overcome public skepticism and resistance,
          and could be used, for example, in discussions with potential
          distributors, etc.
          I realise of course that one must generally avoid the term
          "perpetual motion", as everyone knows that such devices are
          not possible in a closed system. The "windmill" analogy is
          much better.
          
          I would appreciate a very quick acknowledgement of the fact that you
          have received my message, even if you just write A, B or C from the
          list below.
          
          We have received your message:
          A. but we are too busy to even think about it or read it properly at
          the moment, perhaps we will get time to later.
          
          B. but cannot at present see that there is any useful role you could
          play in this project. Thanks anyway.
          
          C. and your offer is vaguely interesting, we may get back to you about
          it in the next 3 weeks / 3 months / 3 years.
          
          One more thing, I don't have vast sums of money to invest myself (if
          that is still an issue), but I know an investment funds manager (of a
          small fund, about $US 60 million) in Australia, whom I might be able
          convince to risk, say 5-10% of the fund on the MEG (with your help).
          I'm sure I could convince him to at least come and see what you have
          got to show (he is not your traditional funds manager, he's very much
          a lateral thinker).
          
          Anyway, I will be in Australia in December, so I would need to be able
          to start organising things a bit before then.
          
          Regards,
          Gavin