Sun Dec 9, 2007 8:06 pm (PST)
Hi John –

For the record, if there even is a record, I spoke with Arie DeGeus on many
occassions over the last 3 years before his recent & untimely demise. It
appears that he had a professional relationship with Tom Bearden as well,
which doesn’t surprise me given the remarkable scope of Tom’s contacts.

In addition to Tom Bearden, there are probably two people in the world who
can truly comment on his latest research: the most well-versed is Joseph
Phelan, followed closely by Michael McDonnough. Phelan is an interesting
contact, as he was a former petroleum technology-engineer who gave up his
career a few years back after reading DeGeus lengthy book. McDonnough was
briefly a business partner of DeGeus, and despite a falling out inititiated
by some “overly enthusiastic” investors, McDonnough has remained highly
optimistic on DeGeus work.

Unfortunately, I believe that Tom’s commentary on DeGeus research may have
led a few people into tunnel-vision on the true scope of DeGeus work - he
had multiple inventions in many different areas of technology, and always
described them as practical expressions of his vortex-energy theory - a
rigorous and very well developed model of psuedo-fluid-dynamics physics
that’s very similar in concept to the work of Pharis E. Williams (a highly
respected college professor).

I won’t fault Tom for a second in his choice of which technology to discuss
in his letter - after all, I think one of the hardest choices when talking
about a prolific inventor’s achievements is the process of triage that goes
into which inventions & ideas actually get promoted. However, I cannot
stress enough the breadth & depth of scope involved with DeGeus research.

While I cannot personally vouch for the workability of DeGeus inventions, I
can vouch for the integrity, credibility, and intelligence of both Michael
McDonnough and Joe Phelan - and both have told me on numerous occassions
about the real value of DeGeus research & discoveries. The Plasmavolt, which
I covered on American Antigravity, was claimed to be a working fusion energy
generator based on a new model of heavy-nuclei fusion in the sun, and was
tested extensively by Michael McDonnough, who reported success with the
device before the venture-capital incident closed down his lab. I can also
confirm some of the story told by Tom Bearden in his letter about extracting
energy from Brownian motion (although I cannot confirm that it actually
works in practice).

One additional invention that captivated my interest was the apparent
perfection of a “cold-current” electrical generator by DeGeus. In principle,
this device worked by extracting energy from electrons & lowering them to a
sub-normal kinetic state (while retaining their normal electrical fields).
In essence, when these electrons are run through normal circuitry, the
result is that the components that normally heat up (resistors, microchips,
etc) now run cold, in direct proportion to their electrical resistance. The
applications for this technology alone are worth billions of dollars in the
semiconductor & computer industry, which as we all know faces severe
challenges with heat-dissipation in modern electronics. DeGeus work in this
area appears to have exceeded even that of Peter Lindemann, who is generally
thought to have done most of the work in this area of study…

In one of my final conversations with Arie - around March of 2007 - we spoke
about his professional relationship and friendship with our mutual
acquaintance Dr. Eugene Mallove. From personal experience, I can attest that
Mallove was also a supporter of DeGeus work, but found it difficult to work
around Arie’s eccentric schedule, which made regular communication between
the two difficult.

Arie could be described as a headstrong man, but in my conversations with
him, I gathered the very real impression that in his heart he was a
humanitarian and truly believed in the world-changing potential of the work
he was doing. DeGeus had numerous opportunities to capitalize on
venture-capital investment, but turned away the majority of offers due to
concerns about his technologies being “locked away” for proprietary use,
when he believed they had the potential to change the world for everyone.

That belief was something that Mallove echoed as well, both personally as
well as in his description of DeGeus’ approach to innovation. I should note
that while the two had disagreements at times over points of technical
concern, DeGeus’ comments about Mallove were fond memories of shared values
and an exploration of science that they had in common.

DeGeus was fortunate enough to have the private funds at his disposal to
allow him the freedom to conduct the majority of his research without having
to struggle for financing - and in our conversations, he mentioned working
with contacts in South America and Europe to build partnerships to further
develop these technologies. As I recall, one of those contacts was in the
oil-industry, and Arie had been speaking with this individual about getting
that industry involved with capitalizing on his research.

I have no idea whether DeGeus was murdered or simply passed of natural
causes, but regardless of his cause of death, it is just as great a tragedy
that his work didn’t receive the recognition while he was alive that it
seems to be getting now that he’s passed. In a world filled with innovators,
this is nobody’s fault in particular, but it remains nonetheless saddening
that he wasn’t able to see more public interest in his work during his
lifetime. However, as with most artists, often the greatest recognition
comes after their passing.

I hope that the small amount of information that I’ve been able to share is
helpful in fleshing out the memory of Arie DeGeus, and I would defer to Joe
Phelan and Michael McDonnough for further information on his work & life.

Sincerely;

Tim Ventura
http://www.americanantigravity.com