The keys to a lost technology that will save our civilisation and revolutionise our way of life have been found by simply rejoining the scattered pieces of the jigsaw that is our distant human past.

INTRODUCTION

According to Chaos theory, the mere 'flapping of a butterfly's wings' could be the initial trigger to start a storm like hurricane Katrina. Clearly, somewhere between this proverbial butterfly and the devastating storm there lies a secret to controlling the basic phenomena that drives these events and the key too to harnessing the fresh water and power produced by the basic phenomena.

If Mother Nature can trigger the appropriate phenomena, then logic suggests that a human technology could do much the same to provide unlimited clean energy and fresh, potable water to anyone, anywhere, at any time on planet Earth. This conclusion can easily be confirmed by a series of simple experiments.

However, after years of research I recently made what is possibly my most momentous discovery. My research revealed (what I believed was) compelling evidence that for 1500 years the core phenomena of a hurricane was once harnessed at Alexandria in Egypt by the use of a long-lost technology. And now, after a further 6 months I have largely recovered that technology and have decided to make my findings available to all. The data leading to these discoveries lay unrecognised among the images, ruins and records of the Pharos Lighthouse(1) at Alexandria, the 7th and last-built of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.

At the end of 2011, quite serendipidously, as I pursued my interest into the possible applications of an entirely artificial atmospheric vortex combination not found in Nature, I discovered striking parallels with the apparently anomalous engineering details of the Pharos Lighthouse. The new evidence was so compelling I felt I had to suspend my then current project to check it out. Some six months later I now believe I can claim to have made what appears to be a range of momentous discoveries. Together, these discoveries are monentous not only for the potential they have for the future of all Mankind but in what they tell us about some of the greatest mysteries of our human past.

I believe it can now be proven beyond all reasonable doubt (BARD*) that the Pharos Lighthouse (and associated contemporary projects) provided the trigger mechanisms necessary to harness the most efficient solar-powered phenomenon known to Man, the core vortex phenomenon of the eye and eyewall of a hurricane or cyclone. It seems the Pharos was the central element of a much larger project developed to secure for the new city of Alexandria a virtually unlimited supply of clean, fresh, potable water. *not (yet) perhaps the absolute proof as required in Science but to the standard required in a court of law sufficient to see a man hanged.

The concept of harnessing the power of even the smallest storm has been the subject of dreams since time began but now it seems I have finally uncovered the secret to harnessing not one but every type of storm phenomena. This new or old technology unlocks not only the secrets of the 130m-high Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria but also the secrets of the 42,500+ pyramids reliably recorded in countries around the world. In their different ways it now appears the pyramids acted like the proverbial 'butterflies' of Chaos Theory, as the trigger mechanism to initiate events of far greater significance.

The Keys to Unlimited Fresh Water and Clean Energy

• A Dream no more
• A Case to be Made
• Whirlpools of Complexity
• A Basis in Practical Research
• Re-addressing Chaos Theory
• Testing the Principle
• The Normal and the Inverted Ring Vortex
• More on the NRV v IRV
• Basic Concepts
• Potential Unlimited
• Two for the Price of One
• High Flying Potential
• Introducing the ACE Mechanism
• The ACE Mechanism in an Aircraft
• From Cyclone Prevention to...
• ...Automatic Climate Control
• Getting Back to Nature

A Dream no more

Tests on a series of models have revealed in exquisite detail the basic secrets of what appears to be a sophisticated and remarkably complete ‘Alternative Technology’, well matched to meeting the requirements of a modern high-rise urban society. The viaduct alone (see the image above) is powerful evidence the building produced fresh water and, with only minimal adjustments, suggests that variations of the exact same techniques could equally well provide continuous and unlimited electrical power and/or propel an entirely new type of VTOL aircraft with virtually unlimited capabilities in load, speed and range. The reverse form of this same technology will also once again find use in potentially mitigating the devastation caused by major land-based weather events like tornados.

Since time immemorial people have dreamt of harnessing or controlling storms that occur at every latitude. Now, by reverse engineering from the ancient evidence I have recovered a library of long lost technologies and can demonstrate, at least in principle, how those ancient dreams can become reality. In essence it's all about reinventing the past and taking control of the most powerful atmospheric phenomena seen in Nature, storms, waterspouts, cyclones and of course tornados.

From observations of the weather, by deduction and by trial and error over the last 10 years, I have pieced together evidence from the past that has allowed me to gradually recover an ancient technology that will make it possible for anyone, anywhere on earth to extract free energy and fresh water from the atmosphere at any time.

Based somewhat on the principle of the so-called 'Butterfly Effect, the exact same phenomena that Nature employs can be triggered artificially in an entirely controlled manner. Once started, assuming suitable conditions prevail, these effects could clearly be made to provide a continuous supply of power and fresh water. To top

It has long been assumed that copying how Nature extracts energy from the air was either impossible or would required unlimited power. However, the infamous 'Butterfly Effect' from Chaos Theory rather suggested otherwise. Indeed, it now seems that by triggering the quite basic effects seen every day in Nature, it is entirely possible to bring the weather and possibly our whole climate under effective human control with the simplest, the oldest and the most enigmatic form of technology known to Man, one that links to the earliest evidence of civilisation, the 43,500 (identified) ancient pyramids, found on every continent and on strategic islands right around the world.

The ability to control the vortex phenomena of our weather will provide numerous additional benefits. Unlimited energy and fresh water is a given but it also includes a super-efficient VTOL aircraft that harnesses the lifting force so often demonstrated to deadly effect in tornados.

Of possibly even greater significance, is that all of this technology was almost certainly used before in the distant past. Indeed, it's recovery is based on my study of evidence left over by ancient civilisations around the world who essentially left behind a blueprint from which to work. By applying the techniques of reverse enginering to evidence at a thousand ancient sites, the knowledge is simply waiting to be re-applied. To top

A Case to be Made

Everyone knows that our weather is solar powered and simple observation soon reveals that various vortexes and vortex combinations are the primary mechanism driving every major storm. The difficulty has been in understanding the many possibilities and  work out how they affect the events we see every day in the weather. It was then necessary to work out how they might be harnessed and artificially controlled.

Starting with evidence from the Great Pyramid, the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, further illumination has come to light, somewhat appropriately, from a study of the last of those Seven Ancient Wonders, the Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria. In every sense, these two ancient and monolithic structures have revealed in exquisite detail the scale of the use of this technology in the distant past. I am now able to define in some significant detail, exactly how these buildings worked and why. And its all about atmospheric ring vortexes, those oddly fascinating phenomena we commonly know as smoke rings. To top

Whirlpools of Complexity

There are two types of vortex, the ring and the linear. They commonly interact and are frequently found in any number of different orientations and combinations. Both types can rotate internally in either direction and can be produced in either a conventional or inverted orientation.

All vortexes require a trigger mechanism to get them started but once started the ring vortex in particular can continue to grow and grow and grow, often from the smallest of beginnings, as proverbially suggested by the scenario of the so-called 'Butterfly Effect'. To top

I have now developed an understanding of the various mechanisms and how they apply in all the major events of our weather, covered in more detail in 'How the Weather Works'. I have also developed techniques to harness and control a vortex combination not found in Nature. (The closest to it is that scourge of aviators known as windshear or a 'microburst'). More specifically, these elements produce a miniature form of the phenomena we know as the eye of a cyclone, the central element of the most powerful of all storms.

As demonstrated in the Pharos Lighthouse at Alexandria, my final construct, the ACE* Mechanism, makes use of a phenomena too unstable to occur spontaneously in Nature, an inverted form of the tornado funnel (or 'normal' linear vortex, NLV). This Inverted Linear Vortex or ILV, is produced artificially by combining a number of factors that in Nature quite normally affect air pressure and humidity. In this case they are produced and controlled by the ACE Mechanism.

When used in the appropriate combination, these elements trigger the core event of the eye of a cyclone, the Inverted Ring Vortex (IRV). The mechanism is driven by two of Nature's most powerful vortex phenomena the tornado (now inverted) and the closed ring of convection essential to sustaining the inverted ring voertex (IRV). This unique combination offers free energy, free water and a new type of aircraft propulsion that draws on the power potential of the tornado. *ACE, for Atmospheric Cyclone Event. To top

The most significant mechanism involved is the ring vortex or, more specifically, the horizontal ring vortex (HRV). The ring vortex is only completely stable when formed horizontally but can be produced in either the 'normal' (NRV) or 'inverted' (IRV) forms. The HRV provides the amplification essential for all useful applications and the precise way in which this extraordinary phenomena achieves its magic has been the basis of my research.for the past 5 years. However, whilst the HRV is by far the most important phenomena in producing sustainable and usable power, it is in the development of methods to control it with a linear vortex that the secret lies in providing the means to its control.

In Nature the common (normal) Ring Vortex (NRV) is ubiquitous. It occurs spontaneously as a result of convection and is the major engine behind almost every type of storm*. The alternative form, the Inverted Ring Vortex (IRV) is only witnessed in Nature in wind shear and microburst events and within the eye of a cyclone where it drives the largest of all.nature's storms, the dreaded cyclone, known also in different places as the typhoon or hurricane. *the one exception is the smaller of the two types of tornado (more on this elsewhere) To top

Ultimately, as will be shown, it is the inverted form of the HRV, the IRV, as seen in the eye of a cyclone, that is the key to unlocking the secret energy of the atmosphere. Evidence recently analysed suggests the IRV was used in the distant past and now, once again, it is being made available with what (to us) is a new technology.

The secrets of this long-lost technology are written in the evidence left over from our past, most especially in the technology of the Great Pyramid and the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the two largest and most enigmatic of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. To top

With a suitable supply of energy, once it is started, even the smallest HRV can continue growing exponentially to become a major storm, a concept widely recognised within Chaos Theory as the basis of the so-called 'Butterfly Effect'. In the ultimate scenario, as its name suggests the mere 'flapping of the wings of a butterfly' could be enough to utimately trigger a major storm. It has become a basic element of my original hypothesis to replace these butterflies with something a little more practical.

By combining Chaos Theory with a better understanding of Horizontal Ring Vortexes the keys are now to hand to unlock the unlimited FREE energy and fresh water available everywhere within our earth's atmosphere. Both the energy and the water are available as a part of the entirely natural physical balance occuring within a planetary climatic system like Earth's, that is based specifically on the phase-change properties of ice, water and water vapour. This newly recovered technology will serve to mimic Nature as the ultimate form of Solar Power technology. To top

A Basis in Practical Research

From building a series (of around 100) practical models of the vortex phenomena seen in our weather, I’ve discovered the extraordinary role played in every major storm by the horizontal ring vortex (HRV). The HRV is most commonly recognised as a smoke ring or infamous 'mushroom' cloud but in the natural phenomena of our weather an additional, highly significant ingredient is introduced. That magic ingredient is simply water vapour. In conditions of high Relative Humidity, the basic HRV evolves into the natural energy amplifier of the vast majority of the recognised major weather events. To top

By creating a pressure differential, atmospheric vortexes extract energy from the water vapour held naturally in the air. When formed in a horizontal ring (whether in the 'normal' or 'inverted' form) such a vortex  becomes the primary driving force behind the creation of all major storm activity.

There is now every reason to believe these effects can be triggered artificially and more or less at will. As suggested in the 'Butterfly Effect' scenario, the appropriate triggers are obviously more easily effected in conditions of high relative humidity. However, once started the exact same phenomena can still potentially produce usable energy wherever vapour or vapour-making effects can be created. In the most extreme example, as commonly referenced in ads and articles (about the application of commercial heat pumps), the energy to heat your office or your home can in theory be extracted even from ice and snow.

My research suggests Horizontal Ring Vortexes (HRVs) could well provide our civilisation with the basic solution to some of its greatest problems: a cheap, effective and entirely sustainable method of gaining access to unlimited clean energy and clean, fresh, potable water. The technology can make both clean water and clean energy freely available anywhere within the atmosphere or sea. In an ironic twist, this is the exact same source responsible for global warming. To top

Re-addressing Chaos Theory.

Controlling the weather is clearly all about introducing the right influences at the appropriate point in space and time to trigger the desired effects. Of course, with our modern engineering capabilities, we can replace the butterflies with something more effective but the basic principle remains and, to extend the allegory, if we can efficiently control the 'butterflies' we can certainly control the weather.

Producing the desired effects obviously requires the application of an appropriate force, applied either automatically and/or by a deliberate and specific act. In the majority of situations on land, effective control could potentially be achieved entirely automatically with basically passive structures, designed to trigger the appropuriate ring vortex. The most obvious of these structures in the past included the pyramids but also potentially include minarets, stupas, zigurats and pagodas. However, at sea, where the majority of major storms originate, a different technique is required. To top

Artificially producing rain in a desert obviously requires a significant regional source of (sea?)water, some heat and (preferably) a relatively massive trigger mechanism to get things started. In the opposite situation, where extreme storms (ie tornados) are the main problem (as occurs in the central states of the USA), a large number of quite small trigger mechanisms will arguably serve more appropriately. Where extremely humid air can be mixed with a layer of colder and/or dryer air, a large number of small trigger mechanism units (most recognisably pyramids) could set off numerous much smaller storms to pre-empt the build-up over time of potentially far more dangerous conditions.

Perhaps surprisingly, I believe there is very good evidence globally that these techniques were used widely in the distant past. There is also evidence in more recent times that the evidence has simply gone unrecognised with somewhat disastrous consequences. (More on this later). To top

Testing the Principle

Simple experimentation, reproducing the basic phenomena seen in storms, has demonstrated that quite simple man-made structures could have a major influence on local climate by acting to trigger storm activity whenever suitable conditions prevail and certainly far sooner than would occur naturally without this intervention. And once the simple principles are understood, it is quite obvious the basic effects can also be greatly enhanced in any number of ways. In the central US states it would seem entirely possible to potentially trigger 100's or 1000's of (relatively) small storms and thus largely prevent far more dangerous tornados and (supercell) storms from ever eventuating. (MOTL)

The idea of controlling the weather initially seems so far beyond our technology that few have given it really serious consideration. However, the basic concepts arising from Chaos Theory suggest it could be far simpler than was ever previously thought possible and so far this is born out in my simple tests.

As far as I've been able to determine, it's simply a matter of taking it one small step at a time and developing methods by which to trigger the desired effect. By triggering the appropriate mechanisms (introduced later) where they will generate the most effect, it would seem entirely possible to mimic any of the events recognised in Nature, making it possible to greatly mitigate the more extreme weather events, both of drought and major storms. To top

Whilst it's clearly impossible and indeed highly undesirable to significantly change the seasons, the concept of mitigating the worst effects of major storms would seem highly desirable and well within our present engineering capability. It simple requires that we understand and appreciate how the major mechanisms of the weather work within Nature, and in particular this involves the role of HRVs.

Far from preventing storms, the basic principle of effective Climate Control is to trigger storms as soon as is physically practicable and so pre-empt the development of far more serious events. Although the prevailing trade winds will always carry these storms downwind there is also every reason to believe that regional climates everywhere could quickly come under some level of human control. To top

The 'Normal' and the 'Inverted' Ring Vortex.

All vortexes have the same inate ability to grow exponentially from the tiniest of beginnings, for as long as a suitable source of energy is available, generally in the form of atmopheric water vapour. All types of vortex can and indeed do interact with one another to produce the different phenomena we commonly identify as the different types of storm. Different regions have different names, (ie the twister, typhoon, hurricane etc., etc) but all major storms essentially come within the three main categories, identified as the basic thunderstorm, the tornado and the cyclone. The waterspout is also of interest in rain creation and desalination. And although rain also quite obviously results from less enegetic interactions, at the moment they can be disregarded.

The proverbial butterfly creates wingtip vortexes that are essentially linear but in truth it is the Ring Vortex that is the primary stable amplifier of power within our weather and then only when formed or triggered Horizontally.

Within Nature the HRV is the essential element that amplifies or concentrates the available energy. In a general sense and by contrast, the linear vortex is commonly more an element of a decaying vortex system. (NB. Within seconds, convection within its core will cause any non-horizontal ring vortex to break up into two counter-rotating linear vortexes and although potentially extremely dangerous, they can for the moment be categorised as linear and for the purpose of this discussion, ignored.) To top

It is thus the highly stable Horizontal Ring Vortex (HRV) that is by far the most significant phenomena in powering different types of storm and our weather as a whole. The complexity seen in the various forms of extreme weather is produced by the fact that the basic (HRV) phenomena comes in two orientations. For clarity, I’ve named them the NRV and the IRV, (for the 'normal' and 'Inverted' Ring Vortex, respectively).

The NRV is ubiquitous and is the natural mechanism behind every storm. The far rarer, Inverted Ring Vortex (IRV) however, is potentially more powerful and, once established, more amenable to direct control. It is of note that the IRV is also far more effictive at accessing additional energy from sources not otherwise available.

So, whilst the NRV is ideal as an automatic and essentially passive control mechanism, the IRV is arguably the more significant phenomena when it comes to harnessing energy by artificial means since, on a global basis, it plays the major role as the driving mechanism of the cyclone. To top

In the ultimate application, HRV technology could be developed to generate cyclonic IRV activity in order to prevent the later occurrence of a far more serious storm. There is also the technical feasibility of developing a specific mechanism to automatically produce an IRV or Atmospheric Cyclone Event (ACE). A mechanism to automatically produce an ACE would require any of a number of entirely predictable elements but (IMHO) there is one excellant example in the historical archives that would seem to fit the known and predictable facts in every possible way.

More commonly known as the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the extraordinary Pharos of Alexandria is the last of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and its known physical features would appear to precisely and very specifically match the requirements of a desalination plant that (with relatively minimal additions now possibly lost beneath the sea) could have been powered by an entirely automatic ACE mechanism. [1]. To top

More on the NRV v IRV

Both forms of the HRV are of interest as the basic engines of our weather but they have remarkably different characteristics that are of particular interest in relation to the effects they produce and how those effects might be harnessed.

The NRV is self-starting and can easily be made largely automatic in operation. It is the trigger mechanism behind most storms and has major potential to be applied to automatically control our climate, both in bringing rain where required and in limiting the power of major land-based storms. Quite clearly the essence of Climate Control is the specific control of wind and rain (especially on land) and the highly specific characteristics of NRVs are thus of immense significance in this regard. To top

In contrast, the IRV requires a very specific set of circumstances to get started but once established is more efficient and potentially far more powerful. Also, by being more adaptable and amenable to artificial control, the IRV has the potential to play a major role in a wide range of secondary applications.

In its controlled form, the IRV can potentially produce unlimited power and potable water; it can control and/or mitigate cyclones and also serve to power a new green, clean and highly versatile VTOL aircraft. I believe identifying the many roles and applications of the IRV to be a discovery of truly major significance. To top

Basic Concepts.

As a physical phenomena, vortexes are a natural and extremely efficient energy exchange mechanism or heat pump. Mechanical Heat Pumps are the basic machines of the refrigeration and air conditioning industry and are able to extract the free energy of latent heat from the atmosphere, the sea or even from snow and ice. This is entirely accepted physics.

A normal refrigeration and/or air conditioner unit produces an 'energy gain' of around 3.6 but unfortunately this gain is (generally) based on the use of power from the National Grid. The use of air conditioning equipment in both extremes of the weather is thus a major problem for energy suppliers. An air conditioner that needed no connection to the grid would, on its own, be a very significant breakthrough. To top

The energy 'gain' figure of ~3.6 is based on the well-accepted fact that (nominally) a conventional air conditioner will use 1kw of electrical energy to drive a motor that will then produce 3.6kw of usable energy that, (depending on the machine's internal switching) can then be used to either heat or cool your home. These figures can of course be scaled and the efficiency can be improved with a suitable source of energy. The problem though, is that the output (3.6kw) of these machines is so-called 'low-grade' energy but the input (1kw) must be 'high-grade'  energy in the form of electricity. Until now, no one it seems had thought to seriously challenge how Nature does exactly the same thing entirely automatically in every storm and of course, without the ‘high grade’ energy drain on the national grid. To top

Potential Unlimited

It would seem self-evident that it should be possible to create artificially, all the effects produced by the weather within Nature. It would also seem self-evident that achieving such a goal would essentially allow us to recreate almost at will all the major events of our weather. The only problem remaining is 'how to do it?'

Wind and rain, essentially on demand would provide obvious benefits since both could clearly be more easily harnessed if produced in controlled circumstances but the phenomena available within this new technology also includes the mighty tornado with its incredible ability to destroy buildings and throw cars and trucks into the air. If vortex technology can be developed there is every reason to believe that the ability of the tornado to lift incredible weights can also potentially be brought on line for human use. Thus, in addition to all the effects of our weather, the controlled use of vortex technology has potential to open up an entire new form of aviation that is non-polluting, cheap and super efficient. To top

It is entirely accepted that the two most energetic weather events, the tornado and the cyclone can each produce a drop in atmospheric pressure well in excess of 100mb or 10% below the norm. Indeed, from the atmospheric norm of ~1012mb, a record LOW of 870mb was registered in 1979 in Pacific typhoon Tip (a % drop of 13.8%). It should also be remembered that Nature's storms, driven entirely by solar energy, are able to produce entirely similar effects at any latitude.

A (nominal) 100mb pressure differential represents a potential lifting force of 1000kg/m² (1tonne/m²). This is approximately 3x the lift provided by the most efficient high-performance wing of a modern jet airliner. Equalling what Nature already does on a regular basis is seen as the absolute minimum for a new technology that, like Nature, extracts its energy from the NEGATIVE side of the MEAN temperature line and, as a by-product, simply produces fresh water and cool air (see fig). To top

Two for the Price of One

Both the NRV and IRV have the innate capacity to extract energy from the water vapour held naturally in the atmosphere but the two ring vortex mechanisms otherwise have very different characteristics. Like any storm cell, the NRV is able to extract water and energy from the air. However, the IRV in the heart of Nature’s cyclone has the ability to efficiently tap into not one but TWO additional sources of energy. It is this extraordinary capability, detailed next, that sets the IRV apart as being of extra special interest.

By its natural characteristic of driving down toward the ground and by spanning the whole lower atmosphere all the way up to the Tropopause, the IRV in the eye of a cyclone is far more efficient than the common NRV in its ability to tap into energy from the sea. In the cyclone it also has the additional, unique ability to extract energy from the Stratosphere (the layer above the Troposphere) by engaging the adiabatic process. (Described in more detail in the section on "How the Weather Works", see sidebar). To top

High Flying Potential.

As a basis of research, it seemed to me self-obvious that it must be possible to replicate what Nature does 50,000 times every day (in every storm) and the possibility presented an obvious route to a free and unlimited source of fresh water and energy. All that was needed was to learn how mother Nature performed her daily miracles. It was not even essential that we fully understood the detail, although that understanding would surely come with time.

We rely explicitly on the energy and water that Nature produces every day in every storm. It is the basis for all life on the land and the results are defined in every weather report and need no further explanation. Despite my limited engineering ability, in well over 50 practical tests, I have found it relatively easily to replicate the effects seen in Nature and have finally refined those mechanisms to two basic, definable phenomena, the IRV and the NRV.

The IRV is the trigger and engine of the cyclone. It also provides the pro-active version of HRV technology. In Nature, the cyclone's eye is its defining mechanism and is thus by far the most significant power source in our weather, adding enormously to the total power of the cyclone as a unique and specific type of storm. To top

By its ability to generate evermore vapour from a ground-hugging IRV, over the open ocean the core vortex of the cyclone has a uniquely powerful ability to grow in power. The cyclone's eye sucks energy from the sea in a way unmatched by any other storm phenomena.
NB It is of some significance that in Nature, cyclones cannot start or be sustained over the land.

Once the eye is established and whilst it still remains over the open sea, a cyclone can continue growing exponentially, dropping sea temperatures to a significanr depth by as much as 5^oC. The IRV of a cyclone naturally aligns the four forces of convection, evaporation, cooling and adiabatic heating in the most effective manner possible to maximise the total efficiency of the storm. To top

In stark contrast, the NRV of a basic storm is self-limiting in its diameter and the forces created give it a strong potential to climb. The NRV is thus more or less limited to drawing energy from the vapour already in the atmosphere and has minimal ability to access energy drawn as vapour from the sea.

We thus have two forms of the same phenomena that offer extraordinarily different capabilities, so different they represent the basis of two totally new areas of technology. The two forms can also combine to potentially bring solar technology in from the cold as the energy source of the future. To top

Introducing the ACE Mechanism

My research finally became focussed on perfecting a specific trigger mechanism to bring the powerful IRV under human control. My mechanical version of the Atmospheric Cyclone Engine has the ability to replicate all of the phenomena of that unique engine of Nature, normally seen only within the eye of a cyclone.

By it's basic characteristic, whilst a NRV tends to climb against the surrounding atmosphere, an IRV is naturally forced down and into ever-closer contact with the ground. This downward force also grows exponentially as part of the feedback cycle as the vortex intensifies. As a result, for as long as a suitable source of energy and vapour are available, the natural forces within the cyclone's eye maximise the development of a strong region of low pressure within the area contained by the central vortex ring. To top

The ACE Mechanism would seem to have three major applications

1. As the autonomous drive mechanism and power plant of a novel type of aircraft

2. For use in climate control as a mobile trigger mechanism to pre-emptively initiate storm activity to mitigate potentially greater damage in the predictable future.

3. As a coastal, self-powered desalination plant (see The Pharos Lighthouse).

The ACE Mechanism in Aircraft

Within the ACE Mechanism, the essential ground plane can be created as an artificial and integral part of the machine. This arrangement isolates the low-pressure vortex affecting the body of the machine from the real ground beneath, isolating it as a unit from the normal atmospheric pressure that exists external to the machine as a unit. The whole machine thus develops a pressure differential top-to-bottom that inevitably results in the production of very significant lift.

Although the pressure below the machine stays at the atmospheric norm, by the very nature of its design, the top of the machine is under the influence of the vortex attached to the machine's perimeter. This makes the whole top surface of the machine act as an extremely efficient wing. The steepness of the pressure differential or 'bell curve' normally associated with a conventional wing surface is maximised by these effects, making for a VTOL aircraft with, potentially, an extremely high wing loading. Since the wing is also the body of the aircraft, it also makes for an extremely compact aircraft. To top

By definition, ring vortexes largely recycle the energy they use and also draw in more energy from vapour in the atmosphere around them. Thus, except for safety, starting and issues of general versatility, an ACE aircraft would have little need of heavy engines or a massive fuel load in any accepted sense. Also, being essentially VTOL like a helicopter (but much faster and vastly more efficient), the ACE-powered aircraft has no need of a heavy undercarriage or large airfields with long runways. Since wind noise and (possibly) hissing steam above the craft are the only sounds being generated the machine would also be relatively quiet and could fly with point-to-point precision to and from city centres.

Compared to conventional aircraft, the list of advantages includes super-efficiency, relatively high speed and potentially unlimited range and payload. Since it would also have virtually unlimited on-station endurance, there is further potential as a high-altitude communications station with space launch and recovery potential and other benefits too long to list in any detail at this time. Even if only a half of this potential is realised, the IRV-based ACE aircraft will still have significant advantages in every performance area over all existing aircraft types and is clearly the way of the future. To top

From Cyclone Prevention to...

NRV technology has a major role in mitigating the weather extremes of land-based storms but as a mechanism they are potentially bulky land-based structures. Cyclones however develop at sea and a system of controlling or preventing them requires a somewhat different, less bulky and highly mobile approach to cover the vast geographic areas involved and the specific nature of storms generated at sea.

It is generally accepted that sea temperature is a key factor in the development of larger storms. When the sea temperature is 25.5^oC the Category 1 - 3 cyclone that eventuates is generally not a major problem and causes minimal damage. However, with the sea just 2^oC warmer at 27.5^oC, a Category 2 or 3 storm can rapidly grow into a deadly Category 4 or even, potentially, a catastrophic Category 5 storm. It is notable that when it struck New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina had just been downgraded from a Category 4 to a Category 3 storm. To top

To prevent major damage from such storms there would seem to be two options. The more obvious would be to build hybridised craft with the potential mobility benefits of the ACE Mechanism being combined with NRV technology for use when these craft were suitably deployed. However, although copying the approach used on land would seem the obvious way to go, it leaves open a seriously dangerous possibility. Since the machine nominally provides no physical containment of the vortex it produces there would be significant potential for the ACE aircraft to inadvertently trigger a cyclone as it landed on the sea.

A safer and far more effective solution may simply be to acknowledge this possibility and instead use the ACE Mechanism in a far more pro-active role to deliberately trigger numerous mini-cyclones as and where necessary across the whole vast area of over-heated ocean. The technique would presumably generate numerous Category One storms but if done as a part of an ocean-wide management program, it would seem possible to prevent sea temperatures from ever rising to dangerous levels. ACE technology thus has potential to entirely prevent the occurrence of the larger and more damaging storms. To top

...Automatic Climate Control

The automatic process within Nature that triggers a rainstorm is commonly started when a bubble of warm vapour starts to rise from tthe ground as described in 'How the Weather Works". The process of vortex formation this triggers can be focussed and enhanced most efficiently with a square pyramid, preferably one with a high thermal mass and surrounded by a moat of warm water that releases lots of vapour.

A square, sun-warmed pyramid is ideal for accelerating the rising air currents, forcing them to accelerate as they close in toward the top of the pyramid from every side. And the faster the air currents rise, the faster the vortex rotation and the greater the surface evaporation and lift potential of that air.

With strong rotational energy, air accelerated in this way will readily form a ring vorvex, giving it a far stronger chance of reaching the dew point than would occur simply by similar events occurring spontaneously and naturally within the landscape. To top

Getting Back to Nature

Although success in any research program can never be totally guaranteed, the principle of copying Nature can hardly be faulted. The mechanism of reproducing storms by artificially inducing powerful thermal activity would also, as a technique, seem beyond reproach and easily tested by any research body with sufficient funds.

The ACE Mechanism will not be described in detail at this time but also appears extremely close to final success but whether that success comes in a week, a month or a year I cannot predict. After more than 3 years of experimentation, I believe I have most of the bugs ironed out for this particular, fully autonomous version of the technology but when that final result might come will depend on a number of possibilities. ie On the availability of time, money and solving the remaining unknown hitches etc, etc. To top

Whoever takes those final steps, I am confident that the many potential advantages of Vortex Technology as a whole will eventually prove out, to provide solutions to the many problems we presently face with energy, global warming, pollution and transport. Indirectly, it will also open the door to our past and a future whose potential we have yet to even dream about.

1] IRV rotation has also been identified in modified form within the global circulation of each planetary hemisphere. (MOTL).