Are We Living in or Around a Torus or Two?

When I say "torus," I'm not misspelling an astrological constellation from the Zodiac. Nor am I referring to a Ford 4-door sedan. I am referring to a perhaps mythical, quasi-scientific shape that may or may not exist from the tiniest atom to the largest galaxy. In short, it's a glorified donut shape.

A torus

The below picture was published in the journal Nature in 2003. It shows something called the Oort cloud (pink), which extends about 1/3 of the way to the next nearest star. The Oort cloud is made up of icy objects like the Kuiper Belt and is in the "freeze zone" of the solar system, which extends out from just before Uranus's orbit, as shown by the red in the diagram. In the freeze zone, most everything is solid ice, including methane. The Oort cloud appears to take the shape of the torus, or it might be better seen as 2 toruses, one on top of the other and bottom to bottom.

The Oort Cloud

If we are in fact wedged between two toruses, we might be able to more easily navigate the solar system at some time in the near future, perhaps utilizing solar sails or something similar to utilize the energy.

I have heard arguments that the universe is simply a series of toruses layered one on top of another, and we can already harness some of this energy. For instance in 1901, Tesla invented something called the "free energy device," which is said to pull energy from these toruses in which we live. Follow this link for a YouTube video on how to make a "free energy device" for about $2.

Interestingly enough, Belgium also appears to be building a torus shaped structure as a giant battery to store wind energy in the North Sea. The Wired report seems to be based on Reuters and IEEE Spectrum (a journal for Electrical Engineers) reporting. So, there might be something to this strange shape after all.