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2026-10-04 Natural Philosophy Wiki (wiki.naturalphilosophy.org): Mark Goldes

Query: Google "Magnetic Power Inc" Goldes Gunderson OR "Chava Energy". Page: https://wiki.naturalphilosophy.org/index.php?title=Mark_Goldes (dated 29 Jul 2026 in the Google snippet). Result: positive (secondary, background on the assignee).

Findings [web]

  • Mark Goldes (born 1932, Sebastopol CA) founded the Aesop Institute (1973), Sunwind Ltd (Windmobile, 1975-83), Magnetic Power Inc. ("In 1984 ... a commercial affiliate of the Aesop Institute, following a suggestion by physicist Robert Forward that zero-point energy might be developed as a source of electricity") and Room Temperature Superconductors Inc. (1993; four SBIR contracts with the US Air Force and the agency now called the Missile Defense Agency). "Chava Energy was later created to fund the commercialization of work begun at Magnetic Power Inc."
  • MPI's generator was promoted as "GENIE (Generating Electricity by Nondestructive Interference of Energy)". That is the wording of the US 8,093,869 title, "Apparatus for generating electricity utilizing nondestructive interference of energy". MPI also promoted "NoFuel" engines, "Magnetic Power Modules" and "Virtual Photon Flux".
  • The wiki states that "These claims have not been demonstrated in any independently verified device and are regarded by physicists as inconsistent with the laws of thermodynamics". That is the wiki's characterization.
  • Other search snippets, not opened [web]:
  • aboveunity.com (Dec 2018): "Graham Gunderson worked for Mark Goldes for many years."
  • electrive.com comment (2021): "Mark Goldes was ejected from Chava Energy LLC during the fall of ...".
  • Mountain View Voice (24 Jun 2013) names Goldes as "Chava Energy Co-founder and Chief Market Research Officer".
  • oilprice.com and science20.com critic comments call Chava a "scamporation".

Bearing on the claims

  • Historical record (priority 4): this identifies the assignee and its zero-point-energy framing, and ties the GENIE / POWERGENIE name to US 8,093,869.
  • It points to Gunderson's statement that he spent years verifying inventors' claims, probably as MPI's employee. One forum source says so; confirmation is still needed.