Hi Frank,
I was thinking about this some time ago.
I see these problems:
When we make the Casimir plates then we must create two surfaces that
fit exactly together. This requires energy. There are some simple
possibilities:
1) We break a piece of metal and then we have two pieces that fit
exactly together. Obvoiusly we need more energy to create the pieces
than we can get when we put the pieces together.
2) We polish two plates, so they fit together. While polishing the
plates, we must overcome the casimir force too!
So we cannot get energy surplus when we put the plates together.
2) We use two plates and put them together. Then we pull both plates
sidewards and we hope this consumes less energy.
Now, there is no reason for this hope. This would not work with a plate
capacitor, and this principle did not work for Brady's magnet motors,
(Brady is in Jail now, because he sold motors but was unable to deliver,
he is not in jail because the motors did not work, he is in jail because
he had no motors, working or not, at all ;-)
So why should this work with Casimir Plates?
Best,
Peter
Am 05.09.2011 04:31, schrieb Frank:
Scott,
Sorry for the late response but found a couple small nits
to pick. I am ok with your synopsis for a moving plate [snip]we are
left with a net radiation pressure of the larger waves outside of the
cavity that act only on the outside of the cavity, pushing the
one-moveable plate toward the other. [/snip] but for the case of two
"immovable" plates that are braced apart the pressure on the outside
portion of the wavelength causes the interior portion to defract onto
a different angle relative to the time axis allowing it to fit between
the plates even while it appears to get shorter from our perspective
outside the cavity.