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From: rsd@sei.cmu.edu (Richard S D'Ippolito)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Free power from 'whispering wires' ??
Keywords: power transmission
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Date: 8 Jul 88 13:52:59 GMT
References: <4353@fluke.COM>
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In article <4353@fluke.COM> Norm Strong writes:

>Get real!  I've heard this one since I was a kid.  It's one of the great body
>of Urban Myths, and goes right along with the story about Standard Oil
>suppressing the carburetor that would give every car 100miles per gallon.

Hey Norm, you reminded me of the gadget that sprayed water along with the
natural gas into the furnace to double (or was it triple?) the efficiency!


Rich