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All true points; however, it does not really address what I mean. "Free energy" is a term which has no meaning. Walk outside, feel the warmth of the sun. How much did it cost? Free energy. Of course it has a source. Of course, in the great scheme of things the energy comes from somewhere. I understand how magnetic fields interact with the physical world to create electricity. The point it that it seems to be a solid consideration that the source must be on an atomic/sub-atomic scale. (Newtonian?) A part of the physical universe as the layperson understands it. Molecules and atoms composed of sub-atomic particles align and produce a combined field. These fields can re-enforce each other and stabilize or increase the alignment. More masses can be introduced to the field and become aligned and therefore add to the amount of magnetic field. This all obvious and well known. Magnets, masses with a stabilized alignment, can counter gravity. Pick up objects. One force which can counter another force is energy, right? Not electricity, energy. As previously stated, magnetism can be created with no fuel or consumption. It has a source. That source lies beyond the question "why do proton and neutrons have a charge and where did it come from?" Because these charges exist and the source is beneath/beyond/foundational to matter, why is it unreasonable to question if that energy source can be converted into another form of energy? Magnetism, charges, seem to be a natural phenomenon associated with everything I would call the physical world. My very possibly incorrect understanding of "quantum physios" is that it is a study of what the source of the physical universe is. I cannot reason that it is impossible to tap/convert this source into something that is of practical use. Not by me, but I cannot argue that it cannot be done. Free magnetism is only a phenomenon of aligning existing forces which are the foundation of the physical universe.. So it brings me back to, "Is magnetism energy?" (Of course it all comes from somewhere, TANSTAAFL.) It seems to be a question of semantics leading thought.

I am a tinker, not a scientist. Years of experimentation and questioning everything has often lead me into situations where I am basically ridiculed for asking what I consider to be reasonable questions. While nothing I am working on should have any connection to “free energy”, I find the suppositions and rationals surrounding it to be more than puzzling. I believe much of it comes down to semantics. I believe “free energy” is abundant but “free electricity” is not. I believe free energy is not free. There is a source even when that source is beyond Newtonian physics as I understand it. In class for milling and machining a couple years ago, magnetism was distinctly defined as energy. I found this amusing since I was banned from a physics forum for suggesting that it is. I am idly exploring the non-Newtonian (?) source of the energy we know as magnetism thru practical experimentation. My problem is that words seem to interfere. I need a word or term which will describe that which we call magnetism without being laughed at or banned for suggesting it. So as a beginning to a discussion which I hope will lead to far more interesting questions, I ask this: “Is magnetism energy?” When answering this question please include a one or two word background such as “electrical engineer” or “Physics student”. I say magnetism meets any reasonable definition of energy. “Tinker/experimenter”