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Physics & energy

Claims about free energy, perpetual motion, engines, fields and energy conversion tested against conservation laws, measurable inputs and outputs, and engineering evidence.

Energy claims often sound persuasive because they borrow real physical vocabulary while leaving out the accounting. This topic asks where the energy enters, where it leaves, how efficiency is measured, and whether a device produces reproducible net output rather than merely shifting energy between forms.

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Do governments suppress working water-powered or free-energy engines?

Hydrogen can be produced from water and then used as a fuel, but splitting water requires energy: water is not a net energy source. Patents and demonstrations are evidence that devices were proposed, not that they delivered more usable energy than their inputs. The best-known water-fuel claims do not provide independently replicated energy balances showing a self-sustaining or over-unity machine, and no verified evidence establishes a coordinated government suppression program for a working device.