Wes Moore wrote: > Hi Keith > <snip>
> N.B. over unity and free energy are not the same. While the energy to > pump the lever is not considered free energy it can be considered over > unity just as a person with a car jack can use perhaps 20 lbs of force > to lift a 2 ton car. I agree with being skeptical. However, it would > not be surprising to me if energy interests use a portion of their > might to discredit anything deemed to threaten the profit line. > As I see it, a car jack is far from overunity, the kinetic energy you put into a jack, (hydraulic for example) requires a lot of repetitions of the one action, which will lift a car a small distance. This gives the car potential energy, (mass, gravity) It is the same with lifting with a lever, or a block and tackle. the distance you move to effect a movement in a heavy mass will increase proportionately with the ratio of lever length, or number of pulleys in the machine that is being used to convert your work. doug -- Contentment comes not from having more, but from wanting less. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * All generalizations are false. Including this one. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * This email is constructed entirely with OpenSource Software. _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
