> >> > Who provides funding?
> >...
> >> Anyone you can convince it's a good idea.
> >...
> >This your answer implies that if someone manages to convince you to
> >the idea (e.g. by showing the prototype that works), you will provide
> >funding. So these are my next questions: (1) How much funds you are
> >prepared to provide? (2) Are you open to new ideas?
>
> I work with venture capitalists who recently invested a little
> under 2 million USD in a product that, if it works, promises
> to raise the efficiency of a specific electric motor from 94%
> to 96%. =EF=BF=BD
Venture capitalists?
An ax murderer on death row could get him the funding.
Everyone is like Tesla nowadays.
At this point a lot of billionaires will _astutely_ invest in stuff
they are 80% certain to be a scam.
> Create a working prototype demonstrating perpetual
> motion and they would be willing to invest at least that much
> and perhaps far more.
> And, no, I won't give you contact info until I see a working
> prototype, so don't even bother asking.
The Foucault pendulum would do the same thing.
It wouldn't be cost effective either.
Bret Cahill