The paradox of overunity

[Omnibus]

It's great that most of us are in agreement on the proper definition of overunity but I still think that a free energy device that taps into an unlimited source of energy is still going to be an interest to science.

Such a device is trivial but will have practical application. Any device that taps into a known or unknown (to be discovered or unused so far) energy source is not an OU device.

[WilbyInebriated]

Such a device is trivial but will have practical application. Any device that taps into a known or unknown (to be discovered or unused so far) energy source is not an OU device.

you keep using this word 'trivial'... i do not think it means what you think it means.

from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trivial

triv·i·al
adj \ˈtri-vÄ"-É™l\
Definition of TRIVIAL
1: commonplace, ordinary
2a : of little worth or importance <a trivial objection> <trivial problems>
  b : relating to or being the mathematically simplest case; specifically : characterized by having all variables equal to

so are you meaning definition 1 and are saying that such a device is commonplace, ordinary? or are you meaning definition 2a and are saying such a device is of little worth or importance? or are you using an alternate definition?

[Omnibus]

Both.

[WilbyInebriated]

Both.

tu stultus es. since this device ("a zero point power plant powering our whole planet") is commonplace, ordinary, why are they not being used everywhere?

[Omnibus]

tu stultus es. since this device ("a zero point power plant powering our whole planet") is commonplace, ordinary, why are they not being used everywhere?

There is no such thing as zero point energy. This is a deficiency in quantum mechanics which should be fixed as well as a number of other deficiencies in that otherwise beautifully crafted mathematical system.