This week's episode of Cleaning Up was with an old friend and early investor in New Energy Finance, Azeem Azhar, who has spent ten years thinking about what happens when technologies go exponential.
Michael -- you are dead wrong -- because your depending on a "Law" - that was meant for the "Physical World" -- and for that realm -- it is correct.
"If" you have the guts to look it up -- because you will be facing accepted, annotated, and documented facts - not your opinions: check out the "Paraformer" - which is an orthogonal transformer.
It was invented / Patented and retailed in the 70s by Dr. L. Kent Wanlass - and his brothers.
It uses a physical / orthogonal section - that physically positions the input resonant tank inductor 90 degrees to the output inductor.
There is no direct interaction - either magnetic or electric - between the resonant input tank circuit and the output circuit -- i.e., no direct connection to anything.
It develops a one-way "transfer" between the two 90 degree inductors - using the inductance of the common core between the two.
There is no CEMF -- thus the resonant input tank "doesn't know" it is connected.
The physical makeup of the Paraformer was of thin sheets of stamped steel.
It was in-efficient -- but it worked -- and "ortogonal transfer" works totally within the Laws of Physics - which the Laws of Thermodynamics is a subset.
And if you check with those that are "in this Century" as to what actually defines "electricity":
--- it isn't Physics - but more closely located in the Quantum Stochastic Electrodynamics field of research.
You need to do two things for yourself- if you want to remain relevant:
1.) read Machiavelli's "The Prince" specifically the section pertaining to those "that have a lot to lose - concerning progress (paraphrase - but you'll know it when you read it, and
2.) get into the real world of electricity -- because there is more than one way to develop clean electricity.
I've just "improved" on "orthogonal orientation" over the decades - because I had a "Paraformer" to work with in the beginning -- and my project partner at the time - who wrote out and signed affidavits as to what was used in tests -- and the "load following tests " that we did -- was named "Nick" Butler.
Nicholas G. "Nick" Butler was the lead BSEE University of Washington / BPA employed / lead Electrical Engineer for the BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) / who was responsible for, and who oversaw all of the University research projects / besides locating designing the first major wind-turbine power Wind Farms now producing clean electric power in the North West of the United States.
He knew a hell of a lot more about electricity than you obviously do - and asked to "silently" join the project - after he witnessed a table-top / "over-unity", i.e., reducing the input into the Paraformer itself / "load following / test.
He wanted to learn about resonance and orthogonal orientation - as he had not been taught anything about it in his electrical engineering schooling
Nick was extremely well known and extremely highly regarded within the entire US ELectric Power Industry while he was alive - and his memory is well regarded to this day.
So if you want to put "what you think you know" up against that kind of back-up for the POD MOD - which is the finalized / patented version of my work -- knock your self out -- because you will be hoisting yourself on your own petard.
What we really want is for clean energy technologies to top out at or above total energy requirements. As an everyday adjective "exponential" works fine but reality will look more like an S-curve; they just look very similar for a while. That we are seeing solar and battery and EV growth that looks a lot like exponential suggests a lot of growth before we see any flattening out.
I think that at the micro level rooftop solar already does (in most places in the world) what we want to see from solar/RE at the whole of grid level - producing in excess of demand. Our solar + battery setup (a bit dated and not very large) makes multiples of our total household electricity demand and feeds in between 10 to 20 times to the grid what we draw out. What works at small scales will work a lot more cost effectively at large, commercial scales.
I suspect and speculate that the whole privately owned rooftop solar thing, that had a big "you care so much, you fix it (because we are NOT going to make power companies do it)" element to it got it's start initially with the expectation it would fail dismally and prove conclusively that RE isn't up to more than feel good gesturing. Good they were wrong, but with an alt history where the electricity industry showed leadership instead of stubborn resistance, we may have only seen privately owned and distributed rooftop solar as a minor market on the side.
I have 124 year old proven facts, and then a question -- that I am asking you to consider; --not for a podcast - but as facts for you to possibly consider thinking about.
The Facts:
The radio station tuning circuit - called the "tank circuit": "resonates" when it is "tuned" to a specific radio frequency.
In doing so - it:
--- always creates two simultaneous operating conditions - it:
1.) always develops it's "...absolute maximum power level..." in itself - while
2.) always "electrically reducing the input power level connected to it to it's "...absolute minimum power level.
3.) a resonant tank circuit NEVER PRODUCES MORE OUTPUT POWER than it is electrically capable of producing"-- and:
3a.) Classic Physics had no way of addressing the resonating tank circuit's electrical ability to reduce the input power connected to it -- because:
3b.) it was in the 1850s that Academia in Classic Physics stated that:
"...no power supply can produce more output power than input power..."
4.) in the 1850s - the Classic Academics had no way of knowing anything about electric AC power -- as it was 30 years later (1882) that Tesla discovered and developed multi-phase AC power.
4a.) they had no way of knowing that in 1894 Tesla would include "resonance" (unclaimed) in his Electric Generator Patent.
4b.) they had no way of knowing that in 1900 he would encapsulate "resonance" (again unclaimed) in his radio Patent application in 1900 - which contained the tank circuit as a power source. - for transmitting and receiving "wireless electric power".
There is a clear TV video demonstration of what a resonant tank circuit can accomplish.
It's in the episode in the TV series "...The Secret of Skin Walker Ranch..." - with Astrophysicist Dr. Travis Taylor running the experiment.
Dr. Taylor is now of the opinion concerning Tesla's work - that he no longer a sceptic -- he is now "open".
"Amperage", not "voltage" / potential" - is "what we pay for" - and amperage is supplied by the amount of copper in the coil / inductor in the resonating tank circuit.
Also - the resonating tank capacitor is "enlarged in volume" to "store that amperage per cycle -- otherwise - the circuit is exactly the same.
I just been fortunate enough to figured out how to put the tank circuit "on steroids" - and also how to "get the power out" per cycle, without upsetting the resonant operating condition.
Will you please just consider these facts -- and hopefully respond?
Your interview was really interesting and informative - as usual.
Scott, one more time you post the same stuff and I’ll block you. A resonant circuit is a well-understood phenomenon which does NOT break the second law of thermodynamics. It does not and cannot produce net energy output, and is not relevant to the topics under discussion. Please stop, for your own good and that of others who might be looking for serious contributions here.
Michael -- you are dead wrong -- because your depending on a "Law" - that was meant for the "Physical World" -- and for that realm -- it is correct.
"If" you have the guts to look it up -- because you will be facing accepted, annotated, and documented facts - not your opinions: check out the "Paraformer" - which is an orthogonal transformer.
It was invented / Patented and retailed in the 70s by Dr. L. Kent Wanlass - and his brothers.
It uses a physical / orthogonal section - that physically positions the input resonant tank inductor 90 degrees to the output inductor.
There is no direct interaction - either magnetic or electric - between the resonant input tank circuit and the output circuit -- i.e., no direct connection to anything.
It develops a one-way "transfer" between the two 90 degree inductors - using the inductance of the common core between the two.
There is no CEMF -- thus the resonant input tank "doesn't know" it is connected.
The physical makeup of the Paraformer was of thin sheets of stamped steel.
It was in-efficient -- but it worked -- and "ortogonal transfer" works totally within the Laws of Physics - which the Laws of Thermodynamics is a subset.
And if you check with those that are "in this Century" as to what actually defines "electricity":
--- it isn't Physics - but more closely located in the Quantum Stochastic Electrodynamics field of research.
You need to do two things for yourself- if you want to remain relevant:
1.) read Machiavelli's "The Prince" specifically the section pertaining to those "that have a lot to lose - concerning progress (paraphrase - but you'll know it when you read it, and
2.) get into the real world of electricity -- because there is more than one way to develop clean electricity.
I've just "improved" on "orthogonal orientation" over the decades - because I had a "Paraformer" to work with in the beginning -- and my project partner at the time - who wrote out and signed affidavits as to what was used in tests -- and the "load following tests " that we did -- was named "Nick" Butler.
Nicholas G. "Nick" Butler was the lead BSEE University of Washington / BPA employed / lead Electrical Engineer for the BPA (Bonneville Power Administration) / who was responsible for, and who oversaw all of the University research projects / besides locating designing the first major wind-turbine power Wind Farms now producing clean electric power in the North West of the United States.
He knew a hell of a lot more about electricity than you obviously do - and asked to "silently" join the project - after he witnessed a table-top / "over-unity", i.e., reducing the input into the Paraformer itself / "load following / test.
He wanted to learn about resonance and orthogonal orientation - as he had not been taught anything about it in his electrical engineering schooling
Nick was extremely well known and extremely highly regarded within the entire US ELectric Power Industry while he was alive - and his memory is well regarded to this day.
So if you want to put "what you think you know" up against that kind of back-up for the POD MOD - which is the finalized / patented version of my work -- knock your self out -- because you will be hoisting yourself on your own petard.
“Over-unity”. Sad. We’re done.
What we really want is for clean energy technologies to top out at or above total energy requirements. As an everyday adjective "exponential" works fine but reality will look more like an S-curve; they just look very similar for a while. That we are seeing solar and battery and EV growth that looks a lot like exponential suggests a lot of growth before we see any flattening out.
I think that at the micro level rooftop solar already does (in most places in the world) what we want to see from solar/RE at the whole of grid level - producing in excess of demand. Our solar + battery setup (a bit dated and not very large) makes multiples of our total household electricity demand and feeds in between 10 to 20 times to the grid what we draw out. What works at small scales will work a lot more cost effectively at large, commercial scales.
I suspect and speculate that the whole privately owned rooftop solar thing, that had a big "you care so much, you fix it (because we are NOT going to make power companies do it)" element to it got it's start initially with the expectation it would fail dismally and prove conclusively that RE isn't up to more than feel good gesturing. Good they were wrong, but with an alt history where the electricity industry showed leadership instead of stubborn resistance, we may have only seen privately owned and distributed rooftop solar as a minor market on the side.
“What we really want is for clean energy technologies to top out at or above total energy requirements.”
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https://mliebreich.substack.com/p/linkedin-scenarios-for-a-solar-singularity
Hi Michael,
I have 124 year old proven facts, and then a question -- that I am asking you to consider; --not for a podcast - but as facts for you to possibly consider thinking about.
The Facts:
The radio station tuning circuit - called the "tank circuit": "resonates" when it is "tuned" to a specific radio frequency.
In doing so - it:
--- always creates two simultaneous operating conditions - it:
1.) always develops it's "...absolute maximum power level..." in itself - while
2.) always "electrically reducing the input power level connected to it to it's "...absolute minimum power level.
3.) a resonant tank circuit NEVER PRODUCES MORE OUTPUT POWER than it is electrically capable of producing"-- and:
3a.) Classic Physics had no way of addressing the resonating tank circuit's electrical ability to reduce the input power connected to it -- because:
3b.) it was in the 1850s that Academia in Classic Physics stated that:
"...no power supply can produce more output power than input power..."
4.) in the 1850s - the Classic Academics had no way of knowing anything about electric AC power -- as it was 30 years later (1882) that Tesla discovered and developed multi-phase AC power.
4a.) they had no way of knowing that in 1894 Tesla would include "resonance" (unclaimed) in his Electric Generator Patent.
4b.) they had no way of knowing that in 1900 he would encapsulate "resonance" (again unclaimed) in his radio Patent application in 1900 - which contained the tank circuit as a power source. - for transmitting and receiving "wireless electric power".
There is a clear TV video demonstration of what a resonant tank circuit can accomplish.
It's in the episode in the TV series "...The Secret of Skin Walker Ranch..." - with Astrophysicist Dr. Travis Taylor running the experiment.
Dr. Taylor is now of the opinion concerning Tesla's work - that he no longer a sceptic -- he is now "open".
"Amperage", not "voltage" / potential" - is "what we pay for" - and amperage is supplied by the amount of copper in the coil / inductor in the resonating tank circuit.
Also - the resonating tank capacitor is "enlarged in volume" to "store that amperage per cycle -- otherwise - the circuit is exactly the same.
I just been fortunate enough to figured out how to put the tank circuit "on steroids" - and also how to "get the power out" per cycle, without upsetting the resonant operating condition.
Will you please just consider these facts -- and hopefully respond?
Your interview was really interesting and informative - as usual.
Scott, one more time you post the same stuff and I’ll block you. A resonant circuit is a well-understood phenomenon which does NOT break the second law of thermodynamics. It does not and cannot produce net energy output, and is not relevant to the topics under discussion. Please stop, for your own good and that of others who might be looking for serious contributions here.