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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:41 AM Original message |
"String Motor" Concept (Clean Energy Idea) |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:45 AM Response to Original message |
1. Perpetual motion machine? |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Have to run but |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:01 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. then at best it isn't "clean energy" more like "clean energy storage" or "clean battery". |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:25 PM Response to Reply #4 |
13. If I could hire someone to help me build this |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:27 PM Response to Reply #13 |
20. "switch the magnets and you create energy in the opposite direction, ad infinitum" |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:48 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. btw, i didn't mean to say "create energy" |
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Rosa Luxemburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
2. Pity we can't wind it up like a watch and use the potential energy |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. If such a machine would work, you wouldn't need a spool. Just form an.. |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 10:41 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. he isn't describing a PMM |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 12:21 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The other issue is that it isn't necessarily "clean". |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 01:55 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. solar panel? |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:11 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. Well you could build a massive one but that doesn't change anything. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. See design #2 |
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Statistical (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:20 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Then you just created a perpetual motion machine. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:13 AM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Thank you... |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:28 PM Response to Reply #8 |
14. It gets wound back up easily |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:07 AM Response to Reply #14 |
29. then with a simple transmission |
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thereismore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 09:20 AM Response to Original message |
6. Here's a solution that will work: just drive it downhill all the time. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 02:49 PM Response to Original message |
10. Don't let the Big Energy shills shout you down. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
16. Thanks a lot... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
11. As others have pointed out, you just have a simple magnetic energy storage device |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 05:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. How efficient does it have to be? |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-09-10 08:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. sure |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:22 AM Response to Reply #18 |
23. Well, then I don't understand |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 06:40 AM Response to Reply #18 |
27. Yes i'm sure they did think of magnet motors back then |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 07:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. as pointed out below |
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Salviati (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 02:28 AM Response to Original message |
21. Not going to work. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:30 AM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Forgive my ignorance... |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:11 AM Response to Reply #24 |
30. Well, how long can it run a hair dryer? |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 08:29 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I absolutely concur, I don't have the background |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 05:44 AM Response to Original message |
25. BTW, if anyone wants to try to build this for themselves |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-10-10 11:11 PM Response to Original message |
32. Alright, I've streamlined the design and scaled it up. |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 04:51 AM Response to Reply #32 |
33. You spent all this time on that picture |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 06:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
44. The best way to watch Hudsucker |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 07:09 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. When he pulled out that drawing in the mail room |
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Codeine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 01:22 PM Response to Reply #32 |
42. The new Juggalo 5000. nt |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:14 AM Response to Original message |
34. I just wanted add something |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:03 AM Response to Reply #34 |
35. and those batteries |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Answer me this: |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:04 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. Falling water is powered by sunlight. |
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trotsky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Which in turn is powered by electricity, of course. n/t |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:08 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Oh, you. |
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semillama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 11:44 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Scale, for one thing |
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caraher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
41. To sum up... |
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chillspike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-11-10 05:12 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. You mean... |
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