Jones Beene <jone...@pacbell.net> wrote: > the operative detail left out is that empty “space” is arguably the > virtual heat sink which would express temperatures near absolute zero (on > paper). The idea is that ambient heat transfers to a virtual heat sink, > which is very cold. > Yes, exactly.
> Can one cool via a refrigerant using the same work which is later > harvested? Mainstream science of course says … (shouts)… NO WAY. > I do not shout that. I say it in my "inside voice." I also say that if someone demonstrates it, I will believe it. . . . We do use atmospheric heat in the form of wind, which is generated on a scale larger than any human technology can achieve. I suppose you might be able to do something like this on Mercury, which rotates around its axis only 3 times in 2 years. You would have a large power station that moves gradually across the surface keeping itself in dawn (or twilight), with the heat sink on the night side. A slow moving solar power generator on Mercury might be more practical. Keep it at high noon. - Jed
