beating thermodynamics to a free lunch i cant make this system not work. i don't really expect it to work. its too simple. people with actual physics training would have thought of it but i cant fault the concept and it seems to be offering me a free lunch when the tech improves. there exist devices that can convert waste heat to usable electricity. the efficiency today is rather poor but it will improve. 40% is being predicted from models currently under development. here are some websites. the first is actually trying to sell these things. http://www.customthermoelectric.com/powergen.html?gclid=CNDNs4HMlrwCFUUw... http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2013/dec/09/new-generator-creat... http://unews.utah.edu/news_releases/using-sound-to-turn-heat-into-electr... there exist devices for moving heat energy from one place to another. a basic refrigeration system. i cant find anything on there efficiency in terms of energy moved for energy input, the web is full of ways to save money on refrigeration, if we build a box. coated in thermo electric systems and a refrigeration system with the hot side in the box and the cold side outside, the compressor will also be in the box so any heat it generates will be inside the box. nether of these devices breaks any law of thermodynamics, and would not even if improved to very high levels of efficiency. taken together however if we consider a refrigeration system capable of moving 165J of heat for every 100J of electricity input, and a thermo electric panel capable of capturing 65J of electricity for every 100J leaving the box (the other 35J being lost to the environment) for every 100J electricity input into the combined system we get 107.5J of electricity out. and that's a 7.5% free lunch. of cause we haven't actually created energy. the environment will be cooled as a result.but i think we are still in breach of the second law of thermo dynamics. this would have massive implications for everything from energy supply to maintaining temperature on space ships and habitats and even stealth in space.