Zero Point Energy, The Fuel of the Future [Paperback]

Thomas Valone (Author)

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Publication Date: June 30, 2007

This book demonstrates the exciting promise that zero point energy, which supports every atom and molecule, will soon be used directly to power a car, house, or spaceship. With a clear, simple-to-understand style, a former community college teacher provides the only book with the history and science of zero point energythat emphasizes its usage. Here is the only uninterruptible fuel supply for the near future that will be here sooner than you think. Business entrepreneur? You need to learn about this before your competition does.

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Review by journalist Jeane Manning from Atlantis Rising, June, 2007 Keys to Tapping Zero Point Energy From The Vacuum When Los Alamos national laboratory physicist Peter Milonni wrote a book entitled, The Quantum Vacuum, and Academic Press published it in 1994, engineering physicist Thomas Valone decided it was time to do his own Ph.D. thesis on the topic Milonni s book dealt with -- zero point energy. Dr. Valone did write his Ph.D. thesis on the feasibility of using zero point energy to do useful work. He more recently decided to write a separate book to make the information accessible to the layperson. That s the first installment of my summer reading -- Valone s new book Zero Point Energy: The Fuel of the Future. Its premise is that soon we ll be able to use ZPE (his shorthand for zero-point energy) to power cars and houses. His book is indeed welcome. We might not easily follow the formal language of the Milonni book, such as his passage regarding fluctuations of the quantum vacuum ...the coupling of the dipole oscillator to the electromagnetic field has a dissipative component, in the form of radiation reaction, and a fluctuation component, in the form of zero-point (vacuum) field; given the existence of radiation reaction, the vacuum field must also exist in order to preserve the canonical commutation rule and all it entails. In contrast, aside from mathematical terms the language of Valone s latest book is conversational. ...the fluctuations of ZPE must be imprinted on your mind. To me, this is the key to an energy solution. Just like a refrigerator or heat pump forces heat to go in one direction only, this rectification of heat can also be applied to non-thermal fluctuations. In Milonni s text and elsewhere, Valone finds clues for the would-be engineers-of-the-vacuum whom Valone addresses. For example, Milonni explains that quantum noise can be amplified. Valone predicts that amplifying spontaneous emissions will be an important tool for the vacuum engineer to use when a circuit component such as a diode is chosen to convert ZPE to electricity. Why is it called zero point energy? That name came about because scientists discovered that it s impossible to freeze anything so solidly that its molecules become absolutely still. Even scientists were to cool a substance down to absolute zero Kelvin, the atoms of the substance s molecules would still be jittering. Some source of energy is jostling everything all the time. If they pump everything out of a container substance, gases and any heat energy as the temperature approaches absolute zero the only thing left in the container will be a vacuum and zero point energy. Valone says scientists have come within microdegrees of the absolute zero point of temperature. One experiment involves cooling helium to within one degree of absolute zero. Helium s molecules retain some kinetic energy enough to keep helium in the liquid state instead of freezing solid. Only ZPE can account for the energy that prevents helium from freezing. Scientists speak of the physical vacuum when they refer to the sea of energy that fills all space and is the background out of which our every atom is formed. Its energy density is estimated to exceed that of nuclear energy. Vacuum? Physics theory and many experiments prove it s not empty; energetically it s a plenum not a vacuum. ZPE could relate to the old ether-theory, Valone speculates. In that nineteenth-century concept of ether, also spelled as aether, light travels by moving through a medium called the ether, just as sound travels by rippling through water or air. The famous Michelson-Morley experiment of early in the 20th century convinced scientists the ether doesn t exist, but Valone points out that their experiment has been countered by E. W. Silvertooth. --Jeane Manning

Since the article "To The Stars" published in the March 2004 issue of the Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine, many informed people from the public got interested in learning more about this new buzz word of sci-fi technology called Zero-Point Energy(ZPE). Unfortunately, the concept of ZPE is rooted in quantum theory, and is difficult for even the technically minded to grasp. Very few publications dealing with this subject were written to be accessible to the general public (easy to read). With this book, Tom Valone, PhD, PE, director of the Integrity Research Institute, did his best to fill this gap. Tom followed Einstein's principle that: Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. The book presents the evolution of ZPE theoretical and experimental research to this day. We learn about the pioneers of the vacuum engineering science and their contribution, the basic theory and experimental evidence for the existence of the ZP field, some of the ingenious ideas proposed to tap into this inexorable, ubiquitous and extremely dense energy for useful work and, even the thought-provoking possible connection between ZPE and consciousness. I also found the Appendix with some selected papers on ZPE, Glossary and the suggested Web links very useful. For those like myself who like to know more and check the source of information, the extended reference list is very much appreciated. At this time conventional science is very skeptical with regard to the possibility of ZPE conversion. As it happened with many revolutionary ideas in science and technology, this is expected. The great German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer well said: All truth passes through three stages: first, it is ridiculed; next it is violently attacked; finally, it is held to be self-evident. With ZPE revolution we're still in the second stage ... but we humans have something that will always save us: once we accept our limits, we go beyond them! Remember, for skepticism to be useful, it must be informed. The author's stated hope is that each reader will grasp the significance of the true energy revolution that this book heralds. I think he did an excellent job for his hope to be fulfilled. Just read this book and give it a chance to open your mind and help you move beyond what you believe to be possible. Vlad CEO ZPEnergy(dot)com "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world; indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead, --Vlad (ZPEnergy.com)

Book Review By Nick Cook, Science Writer, Janes Defence Weekly, UK and author of The Hunt for Zero Point, Random House publishers Tom Valone became an invaluable reference and source for me during the writing of my own book, The Hunt For Zero Point and, five years on, with 'Zero Point Energy - The Fuel Of The Future' his work doesn't disappoint. Valone describes with masterful ease, and in an easy-to-understand timeline, the history and science underpinning this esoteric, yet vitally important subject - one that is rightly beginning to move from left- to centre-stage in our understanding of the universe and, indeed, the very essence of reality, both at a macro and quantum level. High Frontiers Publishing, Media, Innovation· Nick Cook is an award-winning aerospace and defence journalist and author with a career in writing spanning more than 20 years. · From 1987 to 2001, he was Aerospace Editor of Jane s Defence Weekly, the world s leading international defence journal. He is currently the magazine s Aerospace Consultant. In 2005, Nick created JDW s highly-acclaimed Technology Audit Series individual profiles benchmarking the science and technology of the world s aerospace and defence giants. · Today, his credentials gain him access to the world s leading defence establishments. During his career, he has visited numerous top secret military bases in the US and former Soviet Union. · Nick Cook s groundbreaking, exclusive stories for Jane s have included reports on Russian secret weapons and a second classified operation to rescue US hostages in Iran. All made headlines around the world. · He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times and The Wall Street Journal and writes extensively for other national and international media. · A respected commentator on defence and security issues, his views and analysis were sought by UK, US and other world news media during the 1991 and 2003 wars against Iraq and major conflicts in between. · Cook is routinely invited to speak around the world on a variety of topics from the future of aerospace and defence technology to global energy and science issues, including those highlighted in his book The Hunt for Zero Point. His audiences include major aerospace corporations, government think-tanks, schools and universities. · Cook s television credits include a two-hour documentary, written and presented by him for The Discovery/Learning Channel, called Billion Dollar Secret which detailed for the first time the secret inner workings of America s classified weapons establishment. · Nick Cook is a four-time winner of the prestigious Royal Aeronautical Society Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award in the Defence, Business, Propulsion and Technology categories. · Nick Cook is also a published author and documentary film-maker. His ground-breaking book The Hunt For Zero Point, published by Century Random House in the UK in 2001 and Broadway Books in the US in 2002, details his ten-year investigation into efforts to crack the Holy Grail of aerospace propulsion: anti-gravity technology. The book reached No.1 in the Amazon non-fiction chart and no.3 on the general list. Other works by Cook include: Angel Archangel and Aggressor and a number of ghost written books including The Sunday Times Bestseller Sabre Squadron. Recently co-authored Barefoot Soldier, the biography of L/Cpl Johnson Beharry VC, published in hardback in Oct '06, paperback due out May '07. Cook has a degree in Arabic and Islamic Studies from Exeter University. He is married with two children and divides his time between London and Sussex. --Nick Cook, author of The Hunt for Zero Point --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Thomas F. Valone is an engineering physicist with 25 years of experience in emerging energy sciences. His PhD thesis was a feasibility study of zero point energy completed for Kennedy-Western University and his Masters Degree is in Physics from the State University of NY at Buffalo. Dr. Valone has appeared on CNN, A&E, and Discovery channels, as well as being a speaker for many energy conferences.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Integrity Research Institute; 1st edition (June 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964107023
• ISBN-13: 978-0964107021
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #797,016 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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32 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Valone's Review of Zero Point Energy, October 16, 2007

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Thomas E. Bearden "soliton" (Huntsville, AL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zero Point Energy, The Fuel of the Future (Paperback)

Tom Valone has written a superb introductory book for the reader who is seriously interested in "energy from the vacuum" but who is not a Ph.D. or practicing physical scientist. In this book he has given very important and clear explanations and meanings of fundamental terms, a digest of the technical efforts that have proven EFTV to be real, and many technical references for those who wish to probe even deeper.
With the present seriously escalating energy crisis (oil just hit $88 a barrel as I write this review), even the most nonchalant among us now is beginning to appreciate the catastrophic economic collapse that awaits much of the Western world if we do not dramatically reduce our dependence on oil, coal, nuclear power, etc. and if we do not find another inexhaustible and ubiquitous source of the electrical energy we need and must have, in a modern economy.
Valone has long been one of the leaders in the growing movement to point out that we already know in modern physics that the active vacuum has enormous energy density, is ubiquitous, and that it also interacts vigorously and continuously with every charge in every circuit and system. Indeed, if we rigorously apply the findings of broken symmetry since the proof of it in Feb. 1957, and since the prompt award in Dec. 1957 of the Nobel Prize to Lee and Yang for having predicted it, then we can show that all EM energy in every circuit and system already comes from the seething vacuum -- specifically from the broken symmetry of any dipolarity (which includes a single "isolated" charge and its polarized surrounding vacuum, as well as any "ordinary dipole").
Valone makes the background of this entire area available to the seriously interested researcher, without the researcher first having to have an advanced degree in physics. If we are to resolve the escalating energy crisis and survive with an intact national economy, such a book has long been absolutely essential. And Valone's book fills this void very admirably.
We would only suggest that a future Valone book also address the issue of the long-neglected "source charge problem", where every charge continually and steadily emits real photons (real EM energy) in all directions. The emission is measurable and observable, but no instrument known to man can detect any observable input of the required energy to the isolated charge.
However, the revolutionary 1957 broken symmetry discovery by Lee and Yang reveals the underlying input energy exactly where Valone is addressing attention: In any broken symmetry -- such as that of a classical charge and its associated and interacting polarized virtual state vacuum -- "something formerly virtual has become observable". In short, as Valone's work is leading up to, the charge already absorbs virtual (subquantal) photon energy from the vacuum, coheres and integrates it in increasing virtual excitation of the mass-energy of the charge to observable magnitude, then re-emits the now-observable energy as a real emitted photon radiated away at light speed. The process iterates continually, so that we already have the "magical vacuum energy extractors" to take energy from the vacuum -- the freely working extractors are already normal "classical" charges when their vacuum interaction is included as in modern quantum field theory (but absent from electrical engineering since 1892).
Hence the dramatic importance of Valone's work in explaining a host of modern quantum physics and quantum field theory to "get at" and press into use the energy already freely being obtained from the vacuum.
Illuminating "insight" books such as this book by Valone will lead to increased interest by our sharp young doctoral candidates and post doctoral scientists. Once sufficient scientific attention and effort is focused on the EFTV area by them, then very shortly there will never again be an energy crisis anywhere. We will then be powering everything directly from the ubiquitous energetic vacuum, cleanly and cheaply, and eliminating most of the manmade harmful emissions now so polluting to our fragile environment and speeding us into global warming.
So Valone's book is a true pioneering tome for helping the entire world get into this coming and final solution to the energy problem, the present problem of despoiling the environment, and the present problem of human contributions to escalating global warming.
I personally recommend this book most highly to all those who are sincerely interested in cleaning up the energy we use, getting off "big oil and coal" and "big nuclear power", cleaning up the biosphere, and dramatically reducing Man's present contribution to global warming.
We have only a precious planet and a fragile biosphere -- and an entire human species -- to save, and Valone's book plays a very important contribution to pursuing that noble goal.

Thomas E. Bearden
October 16, 2007

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars An Introduction to Zero Point physics, February 12, 2008

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Nick Veltjens (Near Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zero Point Energy, The Fuel of the Future (Paperback)

The book is an easy to read introduction to this rather new line of physics for a reader with limited knowledge in this field. As a result it should serve as an important contribution towards the spread of information on this subject among a much wider readership than pure physicists.

It has quite a few disturbing editing flaws, one to the extent that parts of a whole paragraph are obliterated by a superimposed image.

In terms of content, the list and description of Zero Point Energy capturing devices seems to be strongly biased towards those depending on the Casimir effect, and as a consequence on micro-machined "engines", dealing with dimensions of 1 micron or smaller. All of them rely to some extent on oscillation or vibration or fluctuation in the energy fields, and it seems that almost all descriptions are based on information obtained from patents lodged in the USA, with most of them still requiring further proof beyond the theoretical physics.

I hope this book will encourage many young physicists, no longer spoilt by the highly limited Heaviside/Hertz vectors erroneously taught today as "Maxwell's theory", to also explore other methods of capturing negative energy from the vacuum as by for instance utilising `asymmetrical regauging' of the local virtual particle flux of the vacuum as proposed by Tom Bearden and John Bedini.

18 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Conversational, accessible science book, October 10, 2007

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Thomas Valone (Washington, DC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Zero Point Energy, The Fuel of the Future (Paperback)

Review by Jeane Manning - Science Journalist (excerpt) - reprinted from Atlantis Rising, September, 2007

When Los Alamos national laboratory physicist Peter Milonni wrote a book entitled, The Quantum Vacuum, and published it in 1994, engineering physicist Thomas Valone decided it was time to do his own separate book to make the information accessible to the layperson. That's Valone's new book Zero Point Energy: The Fuel of the Future. Its premise is that soon we'll be able to use ZPE (his shorthand for zero-point energy) to power cars and houses. His book is indeed welcome. We might not easily follow the formal language of the Milonni book. In contrast, the language of Valone's latest book is conversational:

"...the fluctuations of ZPE must be imprinted on your mind. To me, this is the key to an energy solution. Just like a refrigerator or heat pump forces heat to go in one direction only, this `rectification' of heat can also be applied to non-thermal fluctuations."

For example, Milonni explains that "quantum noise" can be amplified. Valone predicts that amplifying spontaneous emissions will be an important tool for the vacuum engineer to use when a circuit component such as a diode is chosen to convert ZPE to electricity.