There's a large university in that town and it has a Physics department.
Before this bloke spent his money building this thing, he should have called them up and asked them a few questions.
Before this bloke spent his money building this thing, he should have called them up and asked them a few questions.
It was dismissed on the grounds of the sun being "eternal" and gravity being an energy that can be "harvested" in the same way solar energy can.