We all know and... err... love the free energy questions.
But I was thinking about another class of perennial head desk questions and I realized the questioners are much more clever than the free energy "researchers".
They know that free energy is bunk. They aren't stupid. They take a different approach: free work.
"I want to run an LED from a solar cell with no battery."
"I want a 5W amplifier, and it has to run from a coin cell for 8 hours, but if I can only get 4 that's OK."
"I am designing a solar powered helicopter and I need some information on boost converters, I don't care if it 'won't work'."
I mean it's brilliant! Free energy is obviously nonsense but you don't need if you use free work instead. Clearly free work is the future... unless the corporations suppress it!
But I was thinking about another class of perennial head desk questions and I realized the questioners are much more clever than the free energy "researchers".
They know that free energy is bunk. They aren't stupid. They take a different approach: free work.
"I want to run an LED from a solar cell with no battery."
"I want a 5W amplifier, and it has to run from a coin cell for 8 hours, but if I can only get 4 that's OK."
"I am designing a solar powered helicopter and I need some information on boost converters, I don't care if it 'won't work'."
I mean it's brilliant! Free energy is obviously nonsense but you don't need if you use free work instead. Clearly free work is the future... unless the corporations suppress it!