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Thread #94210   Message #1821564
Posted By: Grab
29-Aug-06 - 08:43 AM
Thread Name: Dublin man invents perpetual motion
Subject: RE: Dublin man invents perpetual motion
The term "overunity" simply depends on what you consider the boundaries of your system to be. For example, if your boundary is the box containing your widget, then a solar panel on the box would make it an overunity device. The problem is that when you set your boundary as the universe, it becomes abundantly clear that you've got yourself an extra source of energy.

That's the problem with this thing. If it works, then the energy's coming from somewhere. That means it's only "overunity" in their not-very-well-thought-out environment.

Oh and Peace, that magnetic "motor" thing ain't going to work. It's principle can be illustrated as follows: "You sit on a swing, and the swing's ropes are tied loosely so they can rotate round the top beam. I push you hard. You fly over the top, then gravity pulls you down the other side, then you go over the top again and gravity will pull you down the other side again, and so on. Because gravity keeps pulling you down after you've gone over the top, you'll go on spinning round and round, faster and faster, for ever." Explaining why this ain't so is left as an exercise for the reader with more than half a functioning brain and less than half a non-functioning level of credulity... ;-)

Graham.