The Second Law, Entropy Increase and Bedini/Bearden

The link between the Second Law of Thermodynamics and the claim that entropy can never decrease is examined afresh in the light of the fact that the entropy of classical thermodynamics does, in fact, decrease on many occasions. Traditional attempts to deduce the idea of entropy decrease will be looked at anew and conclusions will be drawn over the existence, or otherwise, of a general rule. Within the historical context offered, a mechanism for Bearden and Bedini's demonstrated over-unity energy gains is proposed that is based in the electromagnetic science of Maxwell. Implications for thermodynamics are then deduced.