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Stupid driver or attempted murder? - “he was probably trying to run over that obnoxious squawking bird he seemed to have pinned down” read more by rottenseed
Stupid driver or attempted murder? - “he was probably trying to run over that obnoxious squawking bird he seemed to have pinned down” read more by rottenseed
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In reply to your comment:
“Hey gluonium, the Z machine is getting new electrical circuits that will do away with the cool light show depicted in your avatar, kinda sad in a way, but good in so far as yeilded efficiency:
http://www.physorg.com/news96730015.html
If you ever find a video of a test firing of the Z machine, prior to the upgrade, I would be eternally grateful, I've looked to no avail. ”
Anyways, I've dropped you an invite to my Science collective, if you care to join. Cheers.
In reply to your comment:
“Yes, it could be done by a use of a simple cam and spring, but the point is that even with an extremely effiecient cam and roller setup you'll never get, or exceed, the energy required to operate it out of the system. It would require equal, 100% effieciency, or greater for operation. Remember that moving the single magnet back and forth is, at least in one direction, met with resistance. That restistence is surely greater that the energy output of the shaft of the wheel.
A few years ago I researched some of the most effiecient energy storage systems on the market, they use a high speed composite fly wheel and an electric motor/generator. They were contained in a vacuum, to eliminate air turbulence, and they use active magnetic bearing to levitate nearly reducing friction. Nearly, because even when minimized there are still sources of loss inherent in magnets, like magnetic hysteresis and eddy currents. I was pretty impressed, Active Power for example claims 98% energy efficiency. 100% or more is simply not possible. ”