Originally Posted by
yhokz101
Matter and Energy really aren’t in the same class and shouldn’t be paired in one’s mind.
Yes they are. look closely. Matter is just a macroscopic illusion. Everything around IS energy. Most of the mass is just nuclear binding energy.
Strong interaction - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
But that explanation is a bit oversimplified, there is a bit of difference though
matter isn't in motion. E=mc^2, or to expand it a bit, E^2 = (pc)^2 + (mc^2)^2, indicates energy as a combination of motion energy and mass energy.
So to answer OP's question, Yes. There is free energy. Not in usable form as our current technology allows, but energy nonetheless. This doesn't fall into the realm of pseudoscience as you proclaimed.
Originally Posted by
yhokz101
And also there are these: Other sources of power such as gravity
Do you think gravity as energy?
Originally Posted by
silentnuker
yeah, what came to my mind with "free energy" is energy that can just be conjured out of n0where...much like the zer0-point energy.
I am thinking about the ZPM (Zero Point Module) featured in Stargate Atlantis...hehehe.
Originally Posted by
yhokz101
Uhmmm... Can't follow you. There is no such thing that exist.. At least at this time. Sorry, this falls under pseudo science.
Z.P.M. is a device that uses energy from an isolated region of subspace. The subspace entropies over time. ZPM has an entropy limit. If the subspace entropy reaches the ZPM limit, it cannot get any more zero-point energy. It'll be an empty zpm.
Btw, there's a difference between pseudoscience and science fiction: the latter isn't pretending to be non-fiction. You should stop labeling everything with it.
Originally Posted by
silentnuker
yes, i know. it is still the stuff of science fiction.
Yeah it does sound like science fiction, but it isn't as far-fetched as you think.
Zero point energy is the reference point given to an atom, molecule, or even the emptiness of space.
If we remove the radiation from an atom, the atom would still have the energy to cause movement. We call this energy "zero point energy".
Let's go on to the vacuum of space, as stated in a post before, there is a zpm field in a vacuum of space even though there is no matter or light energy. The energy from these fields is massive and inherent in any type of radiation spectrum.
I've read about this type of energy here
NASA - Some Emerging Possibilities | NASA
and it theorizes that "a cup's volume of the energy is enough to boil away the earth's water!", that's pretty amazing stuff
Back to Stargate, I would assume for zpm to work, a connection or a "bridge" will be created to the subspace, the connection would require energy to maintain itself so that would probably be a factor for the zpm's entropy limit. I reckon the connection would require energy from the field itself, very efficient if true . Energy from particles and radiation in the subspcace would then be extracted. Once the energy generated is lower than the energy required to maintain the connection, the zpm stops gathering energy.
Anyway, that's how I think a zpm works.