To which the usual and perfectly reasonable response is "Oh no, not another one! Here we go again!" followed by a suggested look at this wikipedia link (scroll down to 'Free Energy Devices')
So what are this crowd up to?
- A publicity/marketing stunt by someone hoping to part gullible investors from their cash when they float on AIM?
- A bunch of non-scientific businessmen who seriously believe in an idea that somebody sold them in a Dublin pub, and which will make them a laughing stock when the obvious flaw is identified?
- A tongue-in-cheek exercise which they know will fail, but not before it generates a worldwide audience for something else they wish to market? (And which the 12 'selected' scientists are 12 who contractually agree to keep it rolling awhile in exchange for a promised share of whatever is really happening)
- A product of the Irish Tourist Board?
- A misunderstanding of the (Ships at sea can be slammed together "as if by magnetic attraction" if sailing side by side, because part of the wave pattern between them is quelled, while the wave power outside of both is still in play. Though that itself is sometimes dismissed as a misunderstanding too, as the Casimir effect is only found at nano scale)
- A genuine breakthrough that NASA and others have overlooked?
See the FAQ page:
And then there is the magnetic fridge
(not to be confused with the fridge magnet)
mtg ;o)
(Note: mtg is not a dyslexic abbreviation of magnetic)