“The Earth itself could be split open like an apple by applying the principle of mechanical resonance.” – Nikola Tesla

“Feasibility of Zero-point Energy Extraction from the Quantum Vacuum for Useful Work” is the title of a talk given Thomas Valone, PhD. His speech is a great way to cover some fundamentals of what tapping into the quantum energy vacuum will look like in the future.

But first, a little background. Modern physical theory, specifically quantum electrodynamics, tells us that the vacuum can no longer be considered a void. This is due to the fact that, even in the absence of matter, the vacuum is neither truly particle nor field free, but is the seat of virtual particle-pair (e.g. electron-positron) creation and annihilation processes, as well as zero-point-fluctuation of such fields as the vacuum electromagnetic field.

“The Heisenberg uncertainty principle of 1927 led particle physicists to predict that particles would arise spontaneously from the vacuum, so long as they disappeared before violating the uncertainty principle. The quantum vacuum is a very active place, with all sorts of particles appearing and disappearing. Careful experiments have demonstrated that the quantum theorists are correct in this interpretation of the vacuum… Furthermore, starting in 1980 with the theory of the inflationary universe, particle physicists have told us that the entire universe was created as a ‘false vacuum’, a quantum vacuum that has more energy in its nothingness than it should. The decay of that particular vacuum to an ordinary quantum vacuum produced all the mass in the universe and started the Big Bang.”

–From “The Timetables of Science”, Simon and Schuster, 1988.

In physics, the Casimir effect or Casimir-Polder force is a physical force exerted between separate objects due to resonance of all-pervasive energy fields in the intervening space between the objects. This is sometimes described in terms of virtual particles interacting with the objects, due to the mathematical form of one possible way of calculating the strength of the effect. Because the strength of the force falls off rapidly with distance, it is only measurable when the distance between the objects is extremely small. In the original calculation done by Casimir, he considered the space between a pair of conducting metal plates a distance apart. On a submicrometre scale, this force becomes so strong that it becomes the dominant force between uncharged conductors. Indeed at separations of 10 nm (0.000001 cm) — about a hundred times the typical size of an atom — the Casimir effect produces the equivalent of 1 atmosphere of pressure (14.65 pounds per square inch or 101.3 kPa).

In the video below, Thomas Valone discusses how the vacuum used to be considered empty, but now it has been shown that the vacuum contains an enormous amount of energy. Even when you remove all sources of energy and cool a region to very close to absolute zero (the zero point), there is useable energy present in abundance. He says that this is why Helium will remain in liquid state at millionths of a fraction of zero degrees Kelvin. Dr. Valone describes an experiment by Koltick that shows the effect of virtual particle “dressing” that shrouds an electron. The Quantum Vacuum text by Milonni, he says, estimates the ZPE energy density at 220 erg/cc in optical regions. These measurements were able to be made because of science’s ability to study matter at the nanoscopic level. He also reports that gravity and inertia are proven to be effects of ZPE, by none other than Dr. Hal Puthoff at the Institute for Advanced Studies at Austin.

Dr. Valone describes the Casimir Effect, and how it can be used to tap ZPE. This is the slight attraction seen in metal plates when placed very close (atomic distances) to each other. The attraction can be shown to come from ZPE. Valone cites evidence that the ZPE is not conserved, and does not follow the normal laws of energy conservation. He also shows documented research that sometimes the Casimir Force is repulsive due to magnetic or thermal conditions. In some cases, the force changes sign as temperature increases. This can lead to ways to manipulate and control ZPE.

Dr. Valone’s report makes one realize that experiments tapping the Zero-Point Energy Field are now starting to be researched and discussed by the respected scientific community’s peer-reviewed journals.