Keith Tutt

The search for free energy

Many people have dreamt of being able to produce energy from nowhere. In The Search for free energy Keith Tutt recounts the stories of attempts to achieve this supposedly impossible feat. He looks at cold fusion and at Tesla's attempts to send energy through the air as well as many others. It's a good read, but I felt that Tutt wasn't sufficiently critical of the devices he was describing. When money was involved he (rightly) saw it as a scam, but he didn't seem to accept that people can also push crazy schemes for non-financial reasons. My feeling is that I'll believe in free energy when I see a commercial device.

Again and again we see a machine developed, with a few people reporting that is produces over unity results. Often patents are granted - so other people should be able to reproduce the results - but they never can. In the following decades there are always problems - financial, technical, personal - which prevent a commercial power supply from being built. Of course the real reason that it can't be built is that it's impossible. But people still go on believing.

Vacuum energy seems to be a popular source for free energy devices, but since their designs have little to do with quantum field theory one might just as well say that the energy appears by magic.

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SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE
'A fascinating account of a quest which has been underway for at least a century involving dozens of bizarre characters'

SIR ARTHUR C. CLARKE

'A fascinating account of a quest which has been underway for at least a century involving dozens of bizarre characters'

Balanced Yet Encouraging Overview of The Quest For Free Energy *****
This intriguing book is a useful and balanced introduction to the field of Free Energy, with detailed discussions of several potentially successful inventions, from a 1901 patent awarded to Nikola Tesla through T. Henry Moray's work in the 1920s and '30s to Jim Griggs' Hydrosonic Pump in the 1980s and '90s. The author examines the politics behind the public debacle of Cold Fusion (it may still work), and the scientific principles behind what may seem to the layman like some mythical perpetual motion machine. Along the way he debunks a host of false claims. The first chapter is an excellent starting point for anybody who wishes to learn about Tesla, the genius who brought electricity into your home. Tutt is fair-handed and has obviously done his homework, having personally investigated Paul Baumann's Thesta-Distatica in a religious community in Switzerland. He repeatedly addresses the questions about the veracity of his subject just before they arise in the mind of the reader. For example, many of the inventors who tried for decades to get confirmation or funding for their devices never saw penny one for their efforts, in contrast to the usually successful short-lived "take the money and run" practices of transparent shysters (who are covered in Chapter 11). Tutt quotes extensively from statements sworn by scientists and bureaucrats who have tested the inventions in question, and reports the failures, too. In Chapter 12 he discusses the urgent need for new energy sources and also admits the difficulties in accepting and implementing new technology. Conspiracy theories are addressed, too, and the fact is that many of the inventors featured have been mysteriously harrassed, threatened or worse. Possibly a greater threat to the viability of these devices is the difficulty of getting funding to develop a technology which is difficult to understand and not supposed to work. We've been able to electrify the world, but promising yet underexamined anomalies in electromagnetic theory have been around since Faraday's homopolar generator in 1832 (Chapter 4). Once another Maxwell comes around to explain those anomalies in equation form, it may all make sense. The point of the book is to encourage interest in the idea of "Free" Energy without becoming a mystical or mathematical muddle, and it succeeds in an enjoyable way. It's like a mystery novel, but about actual work being done which just might change the world.

Balanced Yet Encouraging Overview of The Quest For Free Energy *****

This intriguing book is a useful and balanced introduction to the field of Free Energy, with detailed discussions of several potentially successful inventions, from a 1901 patent awarded to Nikola Tesla through T. Henry Moray's work in the 1920s and '30s to Jim Griggs' Hydrosonic Pump in the 1980s and '90s. The author examines the politics behind the public debacle of Cold Fusion (it may still work), and the scientific principles behind what may seem to the layman like some mythical perpetual motion machine. Along the way he debunks a host of false claims. The first chapter is an excellent starting point for anybody who wishes to learn about Tesla, the genius who brought electricity into your home.

Tutt is fair-handed and has obviously done his homework, having personally investigated Paul Baumann's Thesta-Distatica in a religious community in Switzerland. He repeatedly addresses the questions about the veracity of his subject just before they arise in the mind of the reader. For example, many of the inventors who tried for decades to get confirmation or funding for their devices never saw penny one for their efforts, in contrast to the usually successful short-lived "take the money and run" practices of transparent shysters (who are covered in Chapter 11).

Tutt quotes extensively from statements sworn by scientists and bureaucrats who have tested the inventions in question, and reports the failures, too. In Chapter 12 he discusses the urgent need for new energy sources and also admits the difficulties in accepting and implementing new technology.

Conspiracy theories are addressed, too, and the fact is that many of the inventors featured have been mysteriously harrassed, threatened or worse. Possibly a greater threat to the viability of these devices is the difficulty of getting funding to develop a technology which is difficult to understand and not supposed to work. We've been able to electrify the world, but promising yet underexamined anomalies in electromagnetic theory have been around since Faraday's homopolar generator in 1832 (Chapter 4). Once another Maxwell comes around to explain those anomalies in equation form, it may all make sense.

The point of the book is to encourage interest in the idea of "Free" Energy without becoming a mystical or mathematical muddle, and it succeeds in an enjoyable way. It's like a mystery novel, but about actual work being done which just might change the world.

History of the search for free-energy: *****
FROM THE PUBLISHER "Imagine a world freed from the damaging demands of the oil economy; a world powered by 'fuel-less' energy; a world where all countries - rich and poor - have freely available electricity. Too good to be true? Or simply too good to be allowed? For over a hundred years, a maverick group of inventors and scientists have struggled to develop technologies which may end our addiction to fossil fuels. Their extraordinary and controversial discoveries now offer the potential to defuse the global climate crisis and yet they face opposition - both from the oil-dominated energy market and from the scientific establishment." Drawing on extensive and revealing research, this is the story of the mavericks, geniuses and madmen who have set out on a path paved with good intentions, and yet who have often arrived soaked with the bad blood of betrayal and conspiracy. Filled with colourful characters - mad, sane and brilliant - The Scientist, the Madman, the Thief and their Lightbulb has all the elements of a dramatic conspiracy thriller in which greed, suicide, murder, jealousy and misunderstood genius all play their full parts.

History of the search for free-energy: *****

FROM THE PUBLISHER
"Imagine a world freed from the damaging demands of the oil economy; a world powered by 'fuel-less' energy; a world where all countries - rich and poor - have freely available electricity. Too good to be true? Or simply too good to be allowed? For over a hundred years, a maverick group of inventors and scientists have struggled to develop technologies which may end our addiction to fossil fuels. Their extraordinary and controversial discoveries now offer the potential to defuse the global climate crisis and yet they face opposition - both from the oil-dominated energy market and from the scientific establishment." Drawing on extensive and revealing research, this is the story of the mavericks, geniuses and madmen who have set out on a path paved with good intentions, and yet who have often arrived soaked with the bad blood of betrayal and conspiracy. Filled with colourful characters - mad, sane and brilliant - The Scientist, the Madman, the Thief and their Lightbulb has all the elements of a dramatic conspiracy thriller in which greed, suicide, murder, jealousy and misunderstood genius all play their full parts.

Almost a detective novel ****
This is, in a way, a strange book. It has a clear theme - the search for free energy - but the theme is delved into in a wide variety of ways. It seems to start as a pamphlet on global warming, looks into the history of science, then introduces some really weird characters, mines the patent office for curious applications, only to return at the greenhouse once more. Absolutely hilarious is the chapter on a bunch of con-artists that lured investors into free energy schemes. Though he sticks to bare facts most of the time, ignoring the possibilities for sensationalist writing, Keith Tutt succeeds at points in invoking a detective novel like atmosphere. Did T. Henry Moray really succeed in capturing the energy from cosmic rays? Who were the people who tried to kill him? Why did the same happen to the man who took up his legacy seventy years later? Decent research, well written, a fine read.

Almost a detective novel ****

This is, in a way, a strange book. It has a clear theme - the search for free energy - but the theme is delved into in a wide variety of ways. It seems to start as a pamphlet on global warming, looks into the history of science, then introduces some really weird characters, mines the patent office for curious applications, only to return at the greenhouse once more. Absolutely hilarious is the chapter on a bunch of con-artists that lured investors into free energy schemes.

Though he sticks to bare facts most of the time, ignoring the possibilities for sensationalist writing, Keith Tutt succeeds at points in invoking a detective novel like atmosphere. Did T. Henry Moray really succeed in capturing the energy from cosmic rays? Who were the people who tried to kill him? Why did the same happen to the man who took up his legacy seventy years later?

Decent research, well written, a fine read.

A journey into the love and hate of energy... *****
This book will open one's eyes to the blood sweat and tears in the quest of ideal energy.

A journey into the love and hate of energy... *****

This book will open one's eyes to the blood sweat and tears in the quest of ideal energy.

A extremely intriguing read... *****
As i agree with the previous review, the technical talk is at times hard to get around, but that's the point. This book details the trials and tribulations of a new frontier, which will hopefully be broken into in the near future. It is complex read - otherwise the idea of 'free energy' would not be such a msyterious concept today. However, do not let the detail deter you, it just made me really think into the ideas shown in the book, there are so many areas of research that surely someday this book will be like a precursor to a new way of living. Or literally as a history book,exploring the possibilities of the future that the huge change that free energy production will surely bring.

A extremely intriguing read... *****

As i agree with the previous review, the technical talk is at times hard to get around, but that's the point. This book details the trials and tribulations of a new frontier, which will hopefully be broken into in the near future. It is complex read - otherwise the idea of 'free energy' would not be such a msyterious concept today. However, do not let the detail deter you, it just made me really think into the ideas shown in the book, there are so many areas of research that surely someday this book will be like a precursor to a new way of living. Or literally as a history book,exploring the possibilities of the future that the huge change that free energy production will surely bring.

Fascinating *****
This book caught my eye in a bookstore display and I bought it based on a desire to find out what really happened with cold fusion. It is a history of the search for free energy, but rather than a full sequential historical account it is a history told in a series of snapshot stories. And fascinating stories they are. Keith Tutt is clearly a fan of free energy research, but while his enthusiasm is evident throughout the book, he is careful to retain a healthy level of scepticism. The book does get quite technical in places, but skipping the technical paragraphs (or reading them and being none the wiser) does not have a detrimental effect. If, like me, you remember that cold fusion was a big fuss about nothing - a terrible mistake by scientists that should have been more thorough - then think again. Cold fusion is alive and well and the true story of what happened is worth the price of the book alone...

Fascinating *****

This book caught my eye in a bookstore display and I bought it based on a desire to find out what really happened with cold fusion.

It is a history of the search for free energy, but rather than a full sequential historical account it is a history told in a series of snapshot stories.

And fascinating stories they are. Keith Tutt is clearly a fan of free energy research, but while his enthusiasm is evident throughout the book, he is careful to retain a healthy level of scepticism.

The book does get quite technical in places, but skipping the technical paragraphs (or reading them and being none the wiser) does not have a detrimental effect.

If, like me, you remember that cold fusion was a big fuss about nothing - a terrible mistake by scientists that should have been more thorough - then think again. Cold fusion is alive and well and the true story of what happened is worth the price of the book alone...

The biggest scandal in the history of science ****
This book should be read by everyone. It describes, in a lucid, clear and level-headed style, the discoveries made by inventors and engineers over the years, in their quests to find a free and non-polluting source of energy, and why their inventions are still not out on the market. It makes for very sobering, not to say chilling and even frightening, reading. Infuriating is another word that comes to mind. In his foreword to the book, none other than Sir Arthur C. Clarke describes this as, "almost certainly the biggest scandal in the history of science." This is not a "conspiracy theory" book. It does not describe grand conspiracies and cover-ups (although it does touch on those subjects). Tutt simply lays out the facts as they are, gathered from news stories, interviews, and the personal writings of the people involved (from both the pro and con camps). It is clear that with adequate funding and support, a source of limitless energy would be within our grasp in a matter of years. Yet very little funding is forthcoming, continued ridicule abounds, and our tortured world is still subjected to a year-by-year massive increase in pollution caused by the burning of primitive stone age fossil fuels. Not to mention the continued dependence of the Western world on the oil supplied by the fundamentalist Arab world. There is no organized conspiracy, I certainly hope, but there is a "momentum" against change, and what is desperately needed is a paradigm shift. People with vested interests, and people whose livelihood and careers depend on the continued use of our primitive and backward energy technologies, are, independently of each other, actively working against the new technologies, and collectively they form a massive resistance that does indeed look like a great conspiracy. And in the scientific establishment we have all the "experts," whose careers and reputations depend on the continued discrediting of cold fusion and all other alternative free energy sources. The result is the world as we see it today, with its massive pollution and energy problems. For those with no technical background, this book is heavy going at times. There is a lot of technical detail, and Tutt relies heavily, at times, on extracts from other sources, which interrupts the flow of the narrative. But the stories told are, nevertheless, interesting ones. Here is the original "mad scientist," Nikola Tesla, and his several free energy devices. Here is also the Radiant Energy Device of T. Henry Moray, and the tragic story of his futile struggle to find acceptance for his technology. Here is the mysterious N-Machine, and the Thesta-Distatica, developed by a sect of Christian fanatics somewhere up in the Swiss Alps. Here is the very tragic story of how the promise of cold fusion was destroyed, as Tutt delves into all the popular misconceptions about this important technology. And here is the story of Randell Mills and his BlackLight technology, currently in development. Tutt also describes some of the free energy scams that are continually being pulled by various con artists who usually claim that God has given them the technology, with the predictable result that long lines of evangelical Christians immediately form up to give the "inventor" their money. I give this book the rating 4 out of 5 only because, as I said, it is not an easy read for those who are technically challenged. But the book is more than well worth reading. People with closed minds will no doubt scorn and deride, as such people always do, but for intelligent and open-minded individuals, this book gives an important insight into what is really going on in the field of free energy development. Highly recommended.

The biggest scandal in the history of science ****

This book should be read by everyone. It describes, in a lucid, clear and level-headed style, the discoveries made by inventors and engineers over the years, in their quests to find a free and non-polluting source of energy, and why their inventions are still not out on the market. It makes for very sobering, not to say chilling and even frightening, reading. Infuriating is another word that comes to mind. In his foreword to the book, none other than Sir Arthur C. Clarke describes this as, "almost certainly the biggest scandal in the history of science."
This is not a "conspiracy theory" book. It does not describe grand conspiracies and cover-ups (although it does touch on those subjects). Tutt simply lays out the facts as they are, gathered from news stories, interviews, and the personal writings of the people involved (from both the pro and con camps). It is clear that with adequate funding and support, a source of limitless energy would be within our grasp in a matter of years. Yet very little funding is forthcoming, continued ridicule abounds, and our tortured world is still subjected to a year-by-year massive increase in pollution caused by the burning of primitive stone age fossil fuels. Not to mention the continued dependence of the Western world on the oil supplied by the fundamentalist Arab world.
There is no organized conspiracy, I certainly hope, but there is a "momentum" against change, and what is desperately needed is a paradigm shift. People with vested interests, and people whose livelihood and careers depend on the continued use of our primitive and backward energy technologies, are, independently of each other, actively working against the new technologies, and collectively they form a massive resistance that does indeed look like a great conspiracy. And in the scientific establishment we have all the "experts," whose careers and reputations depend on the continued discrediting of cold fusion and all other alternative free energy sources. The result is the world as we see it today, with its massive pollution and energy problems.
For those with no technical background, this book is heavy going at times. There is a lot of technical detail, and Tutt relies heavily, at times, on extracts from other sources, which interrupts the flow of the narrative. But the stories told are, nevertheless, interesting ones. Here is the original "mad scientist," Nikola Tesla, and his several free energy devices. Here is also the Radiant Energy Device of T. Henry Moray, and the tragic story of his futile struggle to find acceptance for his technology. Here is the mysterious N-Machine, and the Thesta-Distatica, developed by a sect of Christian fanatics somewhere up in the Swiss Alps. Here is the very tragic story of how the promise of cold fusion was destroyed, as Tutt delves into all the popular misconceptions about this important technology. And here is the story of Randell Mills and his BlackLight technology, currently in development. Tutt also describes some of the free energy scams that are continually being pulled by various con artists who usually claim that God has given them the technology, with the predictable result that long lines of evangelical Christians immediately form up to give the "inventor" their money.
I give this book the rating 4 out of 5 only because, as I said, it is not an easy read for those who are technically challenged. But the book is more than well worth reading. People with closed minds will no doubt scorn and deride, as such people always do, but for intelligent and open-minded individuals, this book gives an important insight into what is really going on in the field of free energy development. Highly recommended.