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I have the solution for unlimited electricity that could supply power as heat light etc..?
I have the solution and no im not an a scientist I just think differently. I have recieved many answers to a question similar to this and most people say it cant be done because of gravity
etc.. The answer for electricty and power is simple rotation
as we now the univirse works by itself constant rotating planets rotating around a large magnetic field. All we need to do is produce a model similar to that here on earth. Lets say this scenario A very large lightweight steel/magnetic ball the size of 2 houses? If you could systimaticly place polar oppisite magnets in the right place the ball would levitate and have no other choice but to rotate violently. This roatation=energy that we could harness through copper coils into electricity. Yes
friction would be a factor lubricants maybe and other materials could be used to counter act energy loss. This would be very consistent energy that could actually be and on/off device by simple blocking magnetic fields as needed. Theory give mefdbc
please give me some feedback on this idea. And also no what was the question
crap obviously this is a statment that demands some feedback. My question is could it work and if you say no it cant work give me a reason why!
7 Answers
- Helen ScottLv 71 decade agoFavorite Answer
Boy, I love it when I open a question and I'm just browbeaten into answering. I think this is a stupid idea and here's why:
First of all, the amount of energy created from rotation is minimal compared to that of...say....a nuclear plant. You'd be talking more of about the amount of energy that comes from wind....which is really not a lot.
Second, Do you know how much it would cost to build a "lightweight" steel ball the size of two houses? I'm sure it would be astronomical.
How do you plan to suspend said ball? In the middle of the planet?
Then, to place magnets at either end of the earth. To find two magnets THAT large...well....I hope they never exist. And when you turned it on, everyone's jewelry would go flying in the direction of the artic. Then, the expedition team to go up there, and the constant supervision of said magnets (not to mention the teams that would have to return everyone's jewelry home...).
But, I guess we could just build robots for that. And then fight them....in space...or possibly on a very high mountain.
Source(s): Get a job. - slo_gin007Lv 41 decade ago
This is very similar to how an electric motors work. The problem is that nature abhors a vacuum. Eventually the imbalanced electrons in your magnets will balance out, at that point you would have to re-magnetize your magnets with an outside source of electricity, resulting in a net energy gain of zero. Not that its a bad idea, using Earths gravity is actually a great way to get electricity, that's what hydro-electric plants work on. There are many experiments on-going to find other ways to turn gravity into power, one being tidal pools, another using ocean waves. NASA even conducted an experiment where they released a copper ball on a long wire from the space shuttle, this copper ball then collected free electrons in space using the power of geosynchronous orbit around Earth. So you are right in the regard that gravity provides a potentially infinite source of power, its the magnets that provide the flaw.
- sparkyLv 41 decade ago
How are you going to harness the current with copper coils? If you run current through copper coils it's going to create it's own magnetic field. And what about the exicter current that may be needed. Where are you going to place these magnets that would repell each other consantly without changing the direction of flow? I don't see how you could possibly create any usable Alternating Current
- JoeLv 51 decade ago
Why even ask? Build a small one (it should only take a couple of hours) and demonstrate it. If you want to use steel spheres, ball-bearings are easy to find. Observe carefully how the device works (a lab notebook is very useful). Building a perpetual motion machine can be a valuable learning experience if you make careful measurements and determine the exact reasons the machine doesn't work.
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- 1 decade ago
This couldn't work...or its highly improbable cause the amount of energy doesn't exist, To make them rotate violently they would need to be in a magnetic field of such power that doesn't exist, and to create one would end up taking more power than that would create.
its been thought of.
- kanoa kLv 51 decade ago
No this could NOT work. For me to explain this this to you would be too much work considering you have know background in basic physics.