As I have come to understand it, the essence of the Whirlpower system is that the rotating axis of a free rotating structure will not be precisely vertical but it will deviate randomly under the influence of gravitational forces. This "wobble behavior" of the rotating structure has a dragging effect on the surrounding substance (be it a liquid or gas), which will start to rotate also. The rotation of this surrounding substance can be mechanically transformed into energy, without affecting the originating rotating structure.

Basics of the whirlpower system. A quarter section is cut out for illustration purposes.

When the energy contained by the mass and speed of the surrounding substance becomes much greater than the energy that is needed to keep the center rotating structure moving, one can get more energy out of the system than has to be put in. This energy is not created out of nowhere, but it originates from the gravitational forces on the center rotating structure. In the Whirlpower system, the free center rotating structure is the vortex, tornado or hurricane. This vortex is kept going by pumping a small amount from its base back up to the perimeter of its top. The drag of the wobble of the vortex causes the surrounding fluid or gas to rotate. By placing a wheel with fins in this surrounding fluid or gas, energy can be extracted from the system. The belief is that the energy needed to pump up the fluid or gas is less than the rotation energy that is being stored in the surrounding fluid or gas.