0 electrodynamics vacuum energy extraction

We reconsider both items 1 and 2 on the basis of more modem developments in particle physics and gauge field theory well after the foundations of electrodynamics were set by Maxwell. Self-powering systems readily extracting electrical energy from the vacuum to power themselves and their loads can be quickly developed whenever the scientific community will permit their research and development to be funded. 

J. P. Vigier et al., Classical electrodynamics without the Lorentz condition Extracting energy from the vacuum, Physica Scripta 61(5), 513-517 (2000). 

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