I?m a little confused

[Rosphere]

so answer me this does a TPU require one to put energy into to get it run or just to jump start it?

Steve Mark claims that his TPU does not use batteries.

I have read of other designs that do use batteries much like a standard automobile uses one to get started.  Some speculate that what Mr. Mark meant to say was that his TPU does not "run" on batteries and that using batteries to get it started was perhaps just another one of his secrets.

I feel compelled to point out that, much unlike an automobile, the TPU's fuel tank is everywhere, as Tesla said that it was.  Upon the wheel-work of nature will we one day hook our machinery.  Today is a good day to start. 

[Electrodiode]

Steve Mark claims that his TPU does not use batteries.

I have read of other designs that do use batteries much like a standard automobile uses one to get started.  Some speculate that what Mr. Mark meant to say was that his TPU does not "run" on batteries and that using batteries to get it started was perhaps just another one of his secrets.

I feel compelled to point out that, much unlike an automobile, the TPU's fuel tank is everywhere, as Tesla said that it was.  Upon the wheel-work of nature will we one day hook our machinery.  Today is a good day to start. 

Ty now i finally understand it.  The TPU need a outside power source to get started but then once its going you can loop back its output power back into it to keep it converting the energy.

[Rosphere]

Ty now i finally understand it.  The TPU need a outside power source to get started but then once its going you can loop back its output power back into it to keep it converting the energy.

A note of caution is due.  I hear that directly looping back output to input may cause an avalanche condition to occur, resulting in permanent equipment failure and possibly death.  We learned to control fire at an arms length; apparently we need to be several arms away when doing any type of feedback loop testing.

One possible method may be in driving the unit with batteries while somehow charging the same batteries at the same time.  Crazy.

If it was easy and straightforward, everyone would be doing it.  Seems all need are more monkeys and more typewriters. 

I hear tale of small tribes of men who know how to control this new fire.  They hide away from the men of old fire who hunt them down to snuff out their works.  Or so I hear.  I'm a little confused.