IRISH INVENTOR SAYS HE HAS CRACKED WORLD'S ENERGY NEEDS, 2002-01-11 (photo)

TO MATCH FEATURE IRELAND-INVENTION. EMBARGOED UNTIL 0204 GMT JANUARY 22. A prototype of the Jasker Power System, a device whose makers say it can provide free energy, is lit up by bulbs running from its own power source at a secret Irish location, January 11, 2002. Its inventor, a 58 year-old electrical engineer who intends to remain anonymous, has spent 23 years perfecting the machine says it is capable of nothing less than replenishing its own energy source. Experts contacted by Reuters were wary, citing the first law of thermodynamics which states you can't get more energy out than you put in. REUTERS/Paul McErlane PM/MC