Sounds like another free energy scam to me. I wouldn't be suprised if there's a battery in there or something.
Their claim that people have verified it but aren't willing to say they have certainly makes one wonder whether anyone actually has verified what they've got, afterall, if no one had verified them and they named people as having said it works they might be in for a bit of trouble when those people say they never saw it. This way they get the benefit of being seen to have something without having to worry about people proving that they've lied.
Check out the podcast interview with Steorn's CEO on www.steornwatch.com.
The interview is actually quite good in that the CEO seems to say "just give us some experts who are willing to test the advice, and the rest of you, please let us get on with it". He stressed that there may be something wrong with their device and that the experts may show this up, and they will then go out of business.
By the way, in that interview he claims many times the energy returns. Interestingly he says that they haven't hooked the device up to a generator to produce electricity but only use it to raise weights. Surely if it produced that much excess energy it wouldn't be too hard to set the device up to work perpetually and demonstrate a measurable, constant, continual and enduring energy output.
These kinds of claims should be investigated, particularly if Steorn is willing to pay for the testing costs. But for the rest of us, there is no point expending any thought about it, let alone the changing the way we do business, until authoritative results come back.
Rod, keep working on those engines!
Those who come up with free energy devices do tend to make a lot of noise about testing it and getting the tests to be independent.
Whether they follow through with fully independent tests is another matter.
It also seems I'm not the only person who noticed something a bit strange about their comments that it's been tested by people who don't want to admit to testing it. See http://www.skepdic.com/news/
news...letter71.html#4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n...h?
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Just found this on You Tube. Sean McCarthy CEO of Steorn is in London and setting up the demo at the Kinetica Museum. Thursday 5th looks like the likely first day.
A nice stocking stuffer toy! Always good as a conversation ice breaker. Howerver, if the government does not classify it's use and refuse patent rights to it, the perception is that the toy status is justified. After all, Free Energy $$$$ potential remains in the toy department.
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