A Critical Examination of the PDF "D9"
Titled "A Practical Guide to 'Free Energy' Devices"
last update 7/8/08, by Patrick J. Kelly
This so-called "practical guide" was first created on 12 June, 2005. It contains at least seven distinct levels of wrong, misleading, or false infornation. Some may be due to poor proofreading, but the overall misinformation seems more deliberate than coming from simple enthusiasm overriding fact checking.
The PDF proper runs to 47 pages, so the examination will proceed in segments, covering the following areas:
1. Information about hydrogen
2. Information about electrolysis cells
3. Information about materials
4. Misinformation about the circuit
5. Failure conditions
6. Contradictions from other "researchers"
In the process of looking for information, it became obvious just how hard it is to get to some of it. Many sites with academic or professional papers are subscription only and quite expensive. Many more sites mention the particular thing of interest, but only tangentally. Definitive figures are difficult to come by, or require a greater familiarity with the subject to fully appreciate.
In several cases, I simply gave up on the effort and tried to come up with a reasonable figure indirectly. It's 55 miles to a reasonably large university library, so I did my searching on the internet. This is likely to be the source of information for the majority of us. I became increasingly aware of just how hard it is to be certain that any subject is accurately represented on the internet.
It is easy to imagine how misinformation and outright scams can be perpetrated thanks to the ubiquity of the internet. Opinion is set out as fact in many cases. Finding a reliable source of information on a level the individual is comfortable with can be a challenge. "Reliable source of information" should be understood as a disinterested source, meaning that the information does not have a monetary potential or be emotionally significant to the originator.
Some of the sites that are associated with hydrogen power and other alternative energy sources, seem to maintain that there is a world-wide cabal of big oil company interests that actively suppress anything that might tend to break their monopoly on power. That's hard to swallow, as any alternative energy source, especially those that are more efficient or less polluting, would be immediately popular and profitable. The more believable scenario is that "big oil" would license the technology and further increase profits.
The purpose of these articles is to point out where the information presented in the D9 paper is inaccurate or misleading. The title could as well be "Avoid Being Ripped Off"
Titled "A Practical Guide to 'Free Energy' Devices"
last update 7/8/08, by Patrick J. Kelly
This so-called "practical guide" was first created on 12 June, 2005. It contains at least seven distinct levels of wrong, misleading, or false infornation. Some may be due to poor proofreading, but the overall misinformation seems more deliberate than coming from simple enthusiasm overriding fact checking.
The PDF proper runs to 47 pages, so the examination will proceed in segments, covering the following areas:
1. Information about hydrogen
2. Information about electrolysis cells
3. Information about materials
4. Misinformation about the circuit
5. Failure conditions
6. Contradictions from other "researchers"
In the process of looking for information, it became obvious just how hard it is to get to some of it. Many sites with academic or professional papers are subscription only and quite expensive. Many more sites mention the particular thing of interest, but only tangentally. Definitive figures are difficult to come by, or require a greater familiarity with the subject to fully appreciate.
In several cases, I simply gave up on the effort and tried to come up with a reasonable figure indirectly. It's 55 miles to a reasonably large university library, so I did my searching on the internet. This is likely to be the source of information for the majority of us. I became increasingly aware of just how hard it is to be certain that any subject is accurately represented on the internet.
It is easy to imagine how misinformation and outright scams can be perpetrated thanks to the ubiquity of the internet. Opinion is set out as fact in many cases. Finding a reliable source of information on a level the individual is comfortable with can be a challenge. "Reliable source of information" should be understood as a disinterested source, meaning that the information does not have a monetary potential or be emotionally significant to the originator.
Some of the sites that are associated with hydrogen power and other alternative energy sources, seem to maintain that there is a world-wide cabal of big oil company interests that actively suppress anything that might tend to break their monopoly on power. That's hard to swallow, as any alternative energy source, especially those that are more efficient or less polluting, would be immediately popular and profitable. The more believable scenario is that "big oil" would license the technology and further increase profits.
The purpose of these articles is to point out where the information presented in the D9 paper is inaccurate or misleading. The title could as well be "Avoid Being Ripped Off"