Notice that I had an etc. at the end of that short list! The poor guy ran into the wall as it was speeding in his direction. It also happens that the Earth spins a little bit faster or perhaps slower than before the car's acceleration to absorb some of that original energy. It can get complicated very quickly if we add considerations of rotational energy to the discussion. I'd rather not go there.
Dave -----Original Message----- From: mixent <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Mar 15, 2016 12:07 am Subject: Re: [Vo]:Re: EM Drive(s) In reply to David Roberson's message of Mon, 14 Mar 2016 20:56:31 -0400: Hi, [snip] >Trick question. All of the energy used by the electric drive could be >accounted for from the frame of the car by observing frictional losses, wind >movement, heat emissions, etc. It would not be easy to calculate, but the >information should be there. > >Dave Try convincing the driver, that is now in hospital because he drove into a concrete wall at high speed, that all of the stored energy was lost to wind resistance and road friction. Regards, Robin van Spaandonk http://rvanspaa.freehostia.com/project.html
