Magniwork Scam
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We heard about the scarcity of resources in freshman years of college or university, we became energy aware during the energy or oil crises of the last decades and we have become personally responsible for energy consumption due to widespread understanding of global warming and the finiteness of oil-based resources.
Magniwork is a home-made energy producing unit. Full stop. According to an advertisement, its principle is to induce energy (perpetual motion) from magnetism. Plus it is a DIY tool, anybody can build it at home. The main promise is that paying its price of $120, it provides an output of 24.5 W, so anyone can spare as much as 50% of all his/her home electric bill. A 60 days full guarantee is also offered saying "if our guide didn't help you reduce your energy bill, simply send us an email and we will refund 100% of your money back."
Well, is it true? No, not really. Critics are launched from all directions. The main critic is that there is no person who actually used the device, gained energy from it and shared his/her experience. From the point of view of communication, the company placing thousands of ads on different webpages, sites and discussion forums hardly ever goes back again and reads the questions or remarks of potential users. So, it seems to be a one-way communication (of persuasion, impression, whatsoever) instead of any dialogue.
Many opinions on different sites claim it is a scam, using detailed counter-arguments on physical theories, on measured energy output of the device as compared to daily energy use, on conditions of use of the unit, etc., finally, all the statements of the Magniwork ad are denied one by one. Some analyses say the system produces net energy loss as it is a simplified version of the Bedini Circuit, better to say, it violates the laws of physics. Others emphasize that the 24.5 W is enough to charge a mobile phone, the maximum, not to mention the total energy consumption of all household devices.
Furthermore, there are different signs of community formation against the sales of Magniwork, ranging from articles with knowledge publication intent or revealing the content of the 50-page user instruction for Magniwork in just 2 pages. People warn each other not to waste $120 on energy saving ideas and a useless device. There is even an open letter to bank that manages the bank account of Magniwork calling them not to do so. But the bank has not replied. Some others say they have not got their money back. The webpage where they had purchased the device ceased to exist.
So, from the point of view of communication (not to mention theoretical and experimental physics and customer service or after-sales service), Magniwork proves to be a short term, quantity-driven sales experiment based on the idea of using magnetism as energy resource; rather than a true community-forming, empowering, learning environment with open dialogue, trials and errors, feedback loops, etc. In fact, this is the environment that we need to solve our energy problems first, last and all the time.