Expansionary Institute

Doubt Cast on Genesis "Perpetual Energy" Technology (Dominionization)(with COMMENTARY)

(COMMENTARY: A few months ago the Expansionary Institute ran a story about Genesis World Energy’s "Edison Device”. This device is purported to be the “next big thing” in energy production, virtually a perpetual energy machine that will eliminate our dependence on traditional energy sources. I even discussed this on a radio program in late 2002, adding the usual proviso that we need to approach such claims with a healthy degree of skepticism. John Lichtenstein of Genesis World Energy Watch, an organization that monitors the energy industry, contacted the Expansionary Institute recently and asked that we run his rebuttal to Genesis’ claims. As you will read, he includes a link to another organization that studies “energy scams”. I’ve included the web address of John Lichtenstein’s organization “Genesis World Energy Watch”. –MGZ, 3/9/03)

GENESIS WORLD ENERGY WATCH
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On December 5, 2002, a company called Genesis World Energy (hereafter GWE) announced the "Edison Device", a "miracle" which they claim is a source of energy that will eliminate the world's dependence on traditional energy sources. A week later, Bob Park's column announced it as a scam. A month later, Professor Park returned to the story.

So, what is it, a miracle, a scam, or a misunderstanding? The information released by GWE is short on detail. The biographies of the principals are not provided. The business structure is opaque. And the operation of the Edison Device is described inconsistently. I hope to clarify the GWE story, posting links to press coverage, analysis and other information on GWE. The articles on this page are also on my slashdot journal, where reader comments can be placed. If you have information you would like to share, please email me or write a comment in the journal.

Almost immediately, GWE was criticised for three things, making a claim of "perpetual motion" without any supporting evidence, incompetent use of technical terms (watts and watts per day of energy), and an opaque business structure. I detail some of the odd language in an open letter to GWE, which has resulted in no response or edits to their site. They did respond to the criticsms of the perpetual motion claim, with a denial that they make any such claim. But none of their original claims were removed, so they now claim both that they have a miracle that defies conventional physics by using water and only water as a fuel, and that they use secret chemicals as their fuel, a confusion I detail in "Fuels and Filters" below.

GWE has recieved a good deal of other coverage. A brief summary can be found in my FAQ. Eric Krieg has started to cover the story and has offered a $10k prize for a successful test of the device.

How Genesis World Energy Brings in Money
Summary: While Genesis World Energy claims to own the Edison device, and that they are not seeking investment, their principal inventor, Patrick Kelly, claims that United Fuel Cell Technologies owns the Edison device, and he's been selling stock in UFCT.

Over the Top Revenue Estimates
Summary: Around 2003-02-27, Genesis World Energy posted updates to its page, including pictures of (part of) an Edison device, a broadcast of some deadlines for license proposals, a pre-announcement that they will make another announcement in March, and a statement that they have entered into commitments to supply a minimum of one million units per day in 2004, and two million per day in 2005. Today we focus on the million unit per day supply commitments, which are over the top.

Hydrogen as a substitute for gas or propane
Summary: GWE's discussion of using hydrogen as a substitute for gas in a home plumbing system is so poorly thought out, it's hard to believe they intend for an Edison unit ever to be hooked up to a home. There are three differences between hydrogen and gas that must be addressed in any conversion: hydrogen attack of plumbing, flame detection, and leak detection. GWE mentions only the last issue, which they treat unseriously.

Fuels and Filters
Summary: On December 17, GWE added to it's webpage a denial that they make claim perpetual motion. The page is still riddled with references to water as a fuel, and miracles that defy conventional physics. Essentially, they have added a claim "but this is not perpetual motion" to a list of perpetual motion claims. But all the mystery could be cleared up if GWE would just simply state what their fuel is, something that's imoposssible to keep secret.

GWE's Use of Non-standard Units
Summary: Here we discuss GWE's claims about the power produced by their Edison Device, without any discussion of the theory behind where the power comes from, which we discuss elsewhere. The GWE website is so riddled with non-standard units, confusion between measures of power and measures of energy, and plain nonsense claims that one has to suppose that nobody with a basic education in electronics has proof-read the page.

How to Guide for Free Energy Con Men
Summary: Eric Krieg has studied Free Energy scams for years, here he offers words of advice on running one. Funny and not funny at the same time.

Last updated 2003-03-03
John Lichtenstein

Sun Mar 9