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Old May 31, 2007, 04:04 pm   #3 (permalink) (top)
ZNFYRH
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Some would tell you no.

Mathematically, you have two separate systems.

The first is:

Electricity => Radio Wave Generator => Boil Water => Steam

The second is:

Steam => Turbine => Electromagnet => Electricity

Different steam turbines produce different amounts of electricity based on different amounts of steam pressure. Steam pressure is based on the quantity of water being converted at any one time, which is dependent on the "burning" agent. The burning agent, in this case, depends on electricity.

Somewhere in there, from what these and other articles are saying, is the ability to produce more than is used.

The reason, in simple terms, is that heat can be added to a closed system. Thus the Law of Conservation can appear to be violated when sufficient amount of heat and work are involved.
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