Comments on: Aether Propeller? http://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/2009/03/27/aether-propeller/ Argument or GTFO Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:46:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Bryan http://www.noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/2009/03/27/aether-propeller/comment-page-1/#comment-1142 Bryan Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:33:39 +0000 http://noahgreenstein.com/wordpress/?p=1131#comment-1142 Well, there <em>is</em> no aether, so this isn't going to work classically. But maybe you could play around with the quantum vacuum. Unlike the classical vacuum (which really is empty), the quantum vacuum has energy. It's the sum of the zero-point energy levels of all the quantum fields in the region. There's not very much energy there, but there is a little -- maybe even enough to propel a tiny propeller? Interesting thought. Well, there is no aether, so this isn’t going to work classically.

But maybe you could play around with the quantum vacuum. Unlike the classical vacuum (which really is empty), the quantum vacuum has energy. It’s the sum of the zero-point energy levels of all the quantum fields in the region. There’s not very much energy there, but there is a little — maybe even enough to propel a tiny propeller?

Interesting thought.

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