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Zero Point Energy, The Fuel of the Future

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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

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.

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.

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
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ZPEnergy.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

This book can change the world. Zero-point energy is little known outside the physics community or the frontier research community. Yet here is an energy source that just might be the miracle that humanity is hoping for to free us from the present energy crisis that is starving the world. Thomas Valone's great contribution is explaining in clear layman's terms the concept and availability of zero-point energy, and how to go about tapping it as an energy source. The more people that understand zero-point energy, the more support there will be for its research. Moreover for the advance reader, the book contains abundant citations into the physics journals as well as the internet to provide specialized technical information. Valone has a clear ability to communicate to both levels of readers in a fascinating manner.

Zero-point refers to absolute zero degrees (Kelvin) temperature, where all heat and radiation is absent. Yet the completely empty fabric of space, referred to as "the physical vacuum," contains a plenum of fluctuating electricity. It is like a sea of never-ending, microscopic lightning flashes at a scale much smaller than the elementary particles. These energetic fluctuations occur everywhere and interact with all elementary particles. (It might even be the source of the particles' mass/energy where the zero-point energy continuously feeds the particle much like the flow of a stream feeds a whirlpool's existence.) What is exciting is that nanotechnology can coherently interact with the zero-point fluctuations. In one chapter Valone overviews a class of devices known as "zero-bias diodes," that effectively gate the vacuum fluctuations so that they can be absorbed into useful electricity. This is the holy grail of advance zero-point energy devices, for when scaled up with millions of gates (much like is done for computer chips), it would yield a solid state energy machine with no moving parts. What is encouraging is to read how much progress has been made toward these types of devices by the standard scientific community.

A new source of energy is not the only payoff that can come from cohering zero-point energy. Novel forms of propulsion and space travel can also manifest. Valone overviews research that shows the zero-point energy could be the basis of inertia and gravity. Controlling the zero-point energy around a craft could yield propulsion much like described for UFO's where rapid acceleration can occur without causing inertial stress for the occupants. The results of zero-point energy research can yield miraculous technologies that heretofore have only been the dreams of science fiction.

Thomas Valone is a master lecturer and master author who brings to life the exciting possibilities offered by zero-point energy research. Anyone who reads his book will be inspired, and such inspiration will help accelerate the successful research and development of new technologies. With his book Thomas Valone has made a significant contribution to uplift our world.

If you want to more about the theory behind it this is a good book to learn more and understand better the idea. Still for me it was not easy to read but that is because I have no further knowledge of science

Zero Point Energy: The Fuel of the Future is a marvelous introduction to the concept of zero point energy and what its practical applications could mean in a future where fossil fuels become increasingly depleted. Zero point energy is the kinetic energy retained by the molecules of a substance when it is reduced to the temperature of absolute zero. "Scientists have cooled specimens to less than 1 degree Kelvin of the absolute zero point temperature. A famous experiment proving the existence of ZPE involves cooling helium to within microdegrees of absolute zero temperature... Amazingly, it will still remain a liquid! Only ZPE can account for the source of energy that is preventing helium from freezing." A handful of black-and-white diagrams illustrate this ambitious look into possibilities for taking advantage of zero point energy, couched in terms accessible to readers of all backgrounds. A bright ray of hope realizing the dream of sustainable living, highly recommended.

If you have web access, and who doesn't nowadays, this book will be old hat. Everything discussed in this book and more is available on the web, so, unless you want it for your collection it is not a "must-have".

Dr. Tom Valone has done an excellent job creating this overview of selected new Zero Point Energy Technologies. With his rich background in the US Patent Office, plus his intimate associations with many leading-edge researchers, he has successfully distilled these new concepts into a well-organized and clear format. For those wishing to enrich their knowledge of these new theories and inventions,Tom has provided the basic reference material, as well as advanced reference sources for those who wish to delve deeper into the new physics associated with these concepts. Tom's many years of in-depth scientific knowledge and intimate association with key researchers gives him the credientials as a world leader in the field of Alternative Energy. This experience is clearly reflected in his writing and perspective of the various new technologies and devices. Highly recommended! Elliott Maynard, Arcos Cielos Research Center, Sedona, Arizona.

Great book on advanced energy technologies - wish I could say more but time is short. Buy this book and learn how energy can be extracted from the environment and the mechanisms behind the processes. Tom Valone is an excellent networker of people and information.