@AmpEater - Maybe you and I should spend a little more time researching our statements before posting and we can limit the abuse of techtrolls.
In interplanetary space, it is believed that thin aluminum shielding would have a negative net effect.
Spacecraft can be constructed out of hydrogen-rich plastics, rather than aluminum. Unfortunately, "Some 'galactic cosmic rays are so energetic that no reasonable amount of shielding can stop them,' cautions Frank Cucinotta, NASA's Chief Radiation Health Officer. 'All materials have this problem, including polyethylene.'"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_threat_from_cosmic_raysIt was a show on PBS, possibly Nova, involving space travel. It's not possible I confused it for solar sails, though it is possible, I would concede propulsion for long term electrical generation. I still claim multiplication via GCR interacting with aluminum.
Nope. The "net negative effect" you quoted refers to the
biological effects of radiation, rather than the amount of physical energy involved. This occurs due to radiation changing into a different, more harmful
type of radiation, while retaining the
same energy. There is no radiation or any other form of energy created out of nothing, and the process is completely useless for cooling.
There was a motor, a rotor/stator design built with permanent magnets, which doesn't produce heat while spinning, but produces cold instead. It was developed by a scientist from JPL and he was awarded a patent solely because of the novel effect it produced.
I have a motor like that in my house. It's called a refrigerator. Most if not all refrigerator designers are awarded patents for their inventions; that only means the design itself is novel, not the underlying physics. Although many different types of refrigerator exist, they all work by
moving heat from where it's not wanted to somewhere where it's easier to manage. This process
always requires energy and
always results in a net gain of heat. It is impossible to make heat simply disappear.
I only brought it up as speculation for cooling the 3D CPU stack, maybe a bit tongue in cheek, but now I'm defending anomolous physics claims.
You're not defending anomalous physics claims, you're taking ordinary physics and claiming it to be anomalous when it isn't.