The sun basically provides Earth with virtually unlimited source of energy everyday, but the problem has always been how do we tap this source of energy.

So if somehow I thought if you could tap the rotational energy of the earth by slowing the earth down, maybe we could use it to satisfy the world energy consumption.

McFarlane might have a certain cool factor that Microsoft wants to tap into - but how on earth are they going to stop it being anything more than an informercial?