I agree it will continue. Although a true perpetual motion machine is impossible, there's no reason that a device couldn't produce seemingly unlimited energy. T

I agree it will continue. Although a true perpetual motion machine is impossible, there's no reason that a device couldn't produce seemingly unlimited energy. The total energy of a mass system is incredibly high. At some point (maybe a long way from today's tech) we may be able to extract a constant portion in a controlled fashion in a small device. That carrot will lead many people to try and fail. What's great is the empiricism of energy: we can measure the input and output precisely (given enough effort), and so its pretty easy (comparatively) to tell whether the box does what it says on the lid. Even this demo shows that: the consultants will only pay once the machine shows that the numbers add up.