[DB]

288% more energy out would indicate that you put in 1 watt of electricity in and get out 3.88 watts worth of power (2.88 watts more). This isn’t magic like so many other claims because it is consuming both the electricity and the aetic acid chemical energy to produce the output energy. So the key question becomes how abundant (and therefore inexpensive) is aetic acid (or what it is made from)?

[TheThinker]

Sounds like somebody’s thinking on this thread.

[TheThinker]

An acid that is produced through cellulose fermentation is acetic acid. It runs about 65 cents a pound. If this is the acid the article is talking about, then it is fairly cheap and abundant. The Chinese have been inflating the cost over the last several years due to its use of acetic acid in manufacturing.

[HuntsvilleTxVeteran]

LOL,
3.88 watts for each watt = 388 percent.

Where do you get the extra watt?

[r9etb]

So the key question becomes how abundant (and therefore inexpensive) is aetic acid (or what it is made from)?

Acetic acid -- the active ingredient in vinegar.

[Old Professer]

The aether.

[Myrddin]

You're confusing energy and power here. Power is a measure of energy produced/consumed per unit time. If you raise an object that weighs 550 lbs a distance of 1 foot, that is an expenditure of 550 ft-lbs of energy. To perform that task in a 1 second period requires 1 horsepower. If you spread the task out over 10 seconds with a reduction gear, the task requires only 1/10th horsepower. The amount of "work" done is nominally the same amount of energy. The amount of energy created per unit time hasn't improved.

Having distinguished the difference between power and energy, I pose the question: what kind of power can this new approach yield? Is it practically useful or just theoretically amusing? If generating 288% more energy takes 288% longer to accomplish, you haven't really made any progress.