I came up with the idea of making a machine that could manipulate the influence of the Higgs field to produce energy. My idea is that a factory could be created, and in one area, the Higgs field would have almost no influence, and in another area, the Higgs field would have a heavy influence. The area with low influence would be used to move water up, and then it would be moved to the area with a heavy Higgs influence. The water in the heavily influenced area would move down with gravity through turbines to produce energy. The, the water would be moved back to the area with a low amount of Higgs influence, and it would be raised again with less energy expended. I decided to post this because I wondered if it would work (Very improbable), but I don't know much about physics so I decided to post here. I apologize if this question is stupid (Lack of physics knowledge), but an answer (That explains why or why not it would work) would be great. Thank you for taking your time to read this.

I came up with the idea of making a machine that could manipulate the influence of the Higgs field...

You need to overcome that hurdle first before looking at applications.

there is no such thing as a free meal.

the laws of physics prohibit this.

Being able to change the laws of physics does imply you could create energy. But there's no way to actually do this.

even if one could "turn off" the higgs field, or gravity, to manipulate a particular mass into generating energy with the removal, and then re-application of standard physics, the amount of energy produced would likely (not quite) equal the amount of energy to alter the higgs/gravity field due to the inherent inefficiencies of any physical system. The idea is a good one though, and a good application of the idea would be in a propulsion system with no exhaust that delivers a near 100% energy efficiency. This would be best done with manipulation of the dark energy output of a particular region of space. Lowering the energy in front of and increasing it behind the vehicle in question...no bulky movements of materials needed...if everything indeed is information, that information might be altered to a desired effect on a small scale in very specific locations...using a computer that describes a different version of one aspect of physical reality could provide both thrust and steering...

Hoola, thanks for your reply with the great information! Thanks to everyone else for the other replies!

Edited April 15, 201411 yr by ELO98