'Free energy' is a term that is tossed around a lot in new energy communities. But to be fair to the many professionals we've interviewed in the new energy sector, it's not a term that many within they like to use. That’s because it’s not really 'free,' or what we perceive 'free' to be. It’s not like the power source for generating the energy to run these machines (discussed below in this article) is coming from 'nowhere.'