Infinite Clean Energy

Happy Monkey · 07-04-2007, 05:29 PM

Or maybe not...

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Originally Posted by engadget

Update 5: Jeebus, what a non-event. Even though they wield supreme control over the laws of physics, Steorn had to cancel tonight's event "due to technical difficulties." We'd laugh if it wasn't so pathetically tragic. The live stream is now rescheduled ambiguously to the 5th July. Now move along folks, there's nothing to see here.

I wonder if it's a prank, or if they're just victims of their own hype.

Elspode · 07-05-2007, 12:07 AM

Violators of the Third Law of Thermodynamics don't last long. Entropy quickly claims their careers.

Flint · 07-05-2007, 09:21 AM

We don't really need perpetual motion, we should just re-use some of the wasted motion we already have (like using the braking system in a vehicle to help power the propulsion system - brakes currently dissipate that energy as waste heat) ...

At any rate, how does a perpetual motion machine constitue a power source? If it were a perfect, frictionless machine, the minute you tapped into it to power something, you'd introduce a friction which would drag it down...right?

barefoot serpent · 07-05-2007, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Flint

We don't really need perpetual motion, we should just re-use some of the wasted motion we already have (like using the braking system in a vehicle to help power the propulsion system - brakes currently dissipate that energy as waste heat) ...

it's call a Prius

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The Prius saves fuel and reduces emisions by scavenging energy that most cars waste. Regenerative braking links the brakes to a generator, helping use the car's kinetic energy to recharge the battery whenever the brakes are applied. Along the same lines, the transmission offers a setting that helps recharge the battery when the driver merely lifts off the accelerator and lets the car coast, most beneficially downhill. In sum, with all these regenerative methodologies, there's no need (and no way, for that matter) to plug the car into an electrical outlet to charge the battery.

HungLikeJesus · 07-05-2007, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by barefoot serpent

it's call a Prius

The Insight does the same thing. The other benefit is that the brake pads last a long time.

07-05-2007, 12:07 AM	#2
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Violators of the Third Law of Thermodynamics don't last long. Entropy quickly claims their careers. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

07-05-2007, 09:21 AM	#3
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	We don't really need perpetual motion, we should just re-use some of the wasted motion we already have (like using the braking system in a vehicle to help power the propulsion system - brakes currently dissipate that energy as waste heat) ... At any rate, how does a perpetual motion machine constitue a power source? If it were a perfect, frictionless machine, the minute you tapped into it to power something, you'd introduce a friction which would drag it down...right? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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