The first law of thermodynamics says that the total quantity of energy in the universe remains constant.

This is the principle of the conservation of energy.

This law was buildt on the "fact" that no one never had succeded in building a Perpetual Motion machine.

When we first look at it, it seems like a self explaining "law".
We can`t create energy and we can`t destroy energy.

If we think this law through, we can see that :

IF we could remove/destroy energy, we could also create energy, thus a Perpetual Motion machine would be possible.

The first problem with this "law" is of course :
For the energy to be created in the first place, the law must have been broken at least once. Then the most silly argument is being used :
There where no laws of physics before the "BIG-BANG" !

Proof that laws are easily broken :

Think of  two magnets. They have a certain amount of potential energy, and a certain amount of energy have been used to make the magnets.
So far, so good. And magnetism is said to be a conservative forcefield.
So if we push to magnets together repelling eachother, you will get the same amount of energy out when you let the magnets go..
It has to be this way, or else the conservation of energy laws are broken.

Think of this : Magnets do NOT last forever. And they "live" a shorter period if they are placed in repell mode. It is because the spin direction then is opposite and the rot. direction of the atoms/electrons are slowly "forced" to turn in the same direction, atom by atom... After a while the two magnets will be neutral, and contain NO magnetic potential.

SO lets do the following thought experiment :

You use some energy to make two magnets, then you use some energy to push them together in repell mode. Then they are locked in this position until they
are neutral (years). Then NO potential energy is available !

PLEASE tell me where the energy has gone. And PLEASE tell me how the total quantity/amount of energy in the universe can be constant !

This tells me that energy is only within the Ether,
and that ENERGY IS ALWAYS CREATED/TAPPED (from the Ether) OR DESTROYED !
And NO BIG-BANG would be needed to make the physics laws work.
Mass constantly creates energy from the Ether, and is THE ONE actuator
of Energy (constantly creates or tap energy from the Ether).
If Mass taps energy from the Ether, it is the reason we observe the cosmic red-shift.

SUMMARY :

Perpetual Motion is achievable, and Johan Ernest Elias Besslers story is TRUE.