"I therefore ask you, the reader, to weigh the implications of what I say below by contrasting two scenarios (1) a scenario in which we drift along the pathways outlined in that July 2002 issue of Physics World and (2) the alternative scenario that is open for exploration if only physicists are willing to pay attention and learn something new, even though it is reminiscent of the past. The message is important. It concerns us all and is not akin to a philosophical enquiry into black holes in far off galaxies which has no bearing whatsoever on the future of humanity. Physics which concerns energy of the kind we harness here on body Earth is what matters and there is much to learn in that endeavour."...
Thanks to Hal Ade (P.A.C.E.) for reminding me about this important "Lecture 29" by Dr. Harold Aspden (posted on Jul 4, 2002) on his site at: www.energyscience.co.uk. Some more excerpts here:
"...You may wonder why I find this depressing. My answer to this is that I find it reprehensible on the part of our physics establishment that, in spite of the growing concern about our depleting energy sources and the pollution effects of hydrocarbon fuels, it does not include in its spectrum of enquiry at least some reference to the claims of record pertaining to certain unconventional sources of energy. Can it be that the physics community at large has to be deterred from exploring avenues of research that are somewhat controversial? Should one fear witchcraft, when in fact, as that sub-title suggests, we must anyway expect to suffer the ordeals of water, wind and fire if we are to save the Earth?....
What is 'Free Energy'?
This is a reference to a form of energy that is tapped somehow from our immediate environment in defiance of our accepted interpretation of physical law and by being guided by anomalies which are revealed by experiment, even though the latter might be seen as the work of cranks in our scientific community...
The guiding spirit here is one which says that matter itself, indeed our Earth, Sun and the whole universe all had to be created from an omnipresent source of energy and so, maybe, there is a way of tapping a little more energy from that source. It is a source that some physicists refer to as 'the zero-point energy background', the quantum underworld that pervades all space and is the seat of quantum electrodynamic activity such as the transient materialisation of electron-positron pairs one can read about when studying theoretical physics...
Once I saw that U.S. Patent No. 119,825 in the September, 2001 issue of Space Energy Journal, of which Don Kelly was a founder, I was triggered into writing the Lecture I delivered in Berlin on June 15th, 2002. I could then see why Dr. Henry Moray needed an antenna to feed the D.C. voltage necessary to prime the capacitor charge and raise the output power from that of a simple voltaic cell to one of kilowatt proportions. Moray, some 70 years ago, could generate those kilowatts of energy as if from nowhere using apparatus transported to a remote location in the luggage trunk of his automobile. Furthermore I could then understand why the Methernitha community in Switzerland can generate free energy in their apparatus. They also use cylindrical electrode capacitors, in the form of a pair of two large Leyden jars, and have a large electrical influence machine (Wimshurst machine) connected to provide the D.C. voltage priming...
The logical message, in conclusion, is that maybe we are now in a position to understand the principles of operation of Nikola Tesla's and Henry Moray's free-energy devices and harness them in our future technology. Maybe we do not have to be patient and await the creeping advance of hot fusion research before we can have automobiles that run on an abundant source of energy without pollution. Only time will tell, but one must wonder how long it will really take before the physics establishment is willing to listen and willing to support our efforts, as guided by the pioneering work of scientists and inventors such as Nikola Tesla and Henry Moray"
