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From: david@ukma.UUCP (David Herron, NPR Lover)
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Subject: Re: perpetual motion
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Somebody mentioned having talked to people in Colorado Springs who 
remembered seeing Tesla driving through town with flourescent bulbs
lit by power transmitted through the air from his lab.

That reminds me of a short I saw in a Pop. Elect. once.  (Or some such
magazine).  It showed a picture of a man standing under one of those
high-tension power lines holding a flourescent bulb.  It was lit!

The article was some concerns that since those lines transmitted power
enough from them to light a bulb, what would it do to people that 
live near them or work on them?

I suppose my concern is why is all that power being wasted?  Or better
how not to waste it.

I would think that Tesla's broadcasted power thing was inefficient because
it wasn't focused.  If it were focussed it ought to work a lot better.

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Another part of this debate, we're talking about companies buying up
inventions.  And sitting on them.  Supposedly so we remain addicted to 
fossil fuels or some such.

Might they not be waiting until the time is right to introduce 200mpg
cars?  The right time being when we're all paying $5 per gallon.

Just a thought.
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