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Free Energy?
Not from Lutec
Energy production is the mainstay of those who actually believe their ma-
The lure of “free energy” is our affluent lifestyle, and possibly chine works, the playing field is the
very seductive. Ian Bryce the undoing of our planet’s climate. world’s energy economy. To the many
investigates the Lutec Its economic importance is gargan- who don’t, it is the money of buyers
tuan. Energy itself is invisible to the and investors.
scheme and exposes eye, but its behaviour is governed by In the USA, there is a long history
its flawed claims. laws of nature that have been known of such scamsters travelling around
for hundreds of years. showing their machines to church
Not surprising then, that a good groups, elderly people’s clubs etc. US
fraction of the world’s scientifically Skeptical investigator Eric Krieg has
literate people are involved in the many listed on his site at:
production, conversion, storage, dis- www. phact.org/e/dennis4.html.
tribution, and sales of energy. Little Scamsters typically build a complex
wonder also, that it attracts many machine, take some bogus measure-
not encumbered by such knowledge ments, and say it will solve the energy
or scruples. crisis and make investors rich. Sadly,
Most of us know that you can’t get it is often the underpriviledged and
money out of thin air. A stack of 20 uneducated who offer their savings.
coins in a sealed jar stays at 20, it
does not grow to 25 overnight. In The Lutec machine
physics classes, our school-children Here in Australia, we have been in-
learn that it is the same with energy. vestigating two people from Queens-
You can convert it between forms, say land who are attracting worldwide
from chemical in fuel to heat inside interest and investment for their
an engine to mechanical at the “Lutec” Free Energy machine. It is
wheels of your car, but the total claimed to be able power your house
never goes up. and you can sell surplus energy back
Despite this, we see an endless to the grid, thus solving the world’s
procession of devices claimed to over- energy crisis.
come such inconvenient facts, such as In researching for this article, I
energy polarizers which double your contacted interested parties and ex-
car’s mileage, and over-unity genera- perts. These include:
tors which enable you to sell power ❑ John Christie and Lou Brits,
back to the grid. the free energy machine inventors;
Ian Bryce is an engineer and scientist working Why are we regularly faced with ❑ Cliff Carew, Patent Attorney,
in the commercial satellite launching industry. people claiming these impossible who drafted the patent;
He is a member of the Australian Skeptics machines? Clearly because of their ❑ Vivienne Thoms, Australian
Committee. enormous economic potential. To Patent Commissioner;
Moving?
Seeking greener pastures? Doing a moonlight flit? Shooting through like a Bondi Tram?