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Firstly, the very wires in the engine to "harvest" energy have resistance in the real world. As a general rule of thumb, energy is usually lost in process by one form or another, such as friction, resistance, sound, etc. So, in the real world, not all of it will be collected to begin with...

Wikipedia says crocetin is C20H24O6 Divide it all by four and your answer is correct :)

Also, there are plenty of decent chemistry teachers with a website. Just go to a major city's school's website, and find the chem teacher's. You should find decent notes soon enough. To start you off, though, there are three basic kinds of bonds. Covalent: 2 non metals ionic: a metal and non...

Think octet rule and lewis dot structures... you need one more electron to make the oxygen stable, so it has a 1- charge.

Fair enough. I hadn't seen that particular post, which would have saved me quite a bit of time...

First of all, I have read some of the previous posts that related to this topic, but they are closed. I am not looking to solve the world's energy crisis, but I was wondering if there was a way to harness some of the energy given off as friction from the drag of a car. I was looking at some of...