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    I Water column object insertion and energy recapture

    Sorry bear with my ignorance. I was just asking of there would be a difference in energy expenditure in lifting an object through air against gravity vs forcefully inserting that same object (bouyant) into the bottom of a column of water and somehow mechanically recapturing some lost energy...
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    I Water column object insertion and energy recapture

    I know energy will be lost, but how much roughly? Less than if the object is hoisted against gravity?
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    I Water column object insertion and energy recapture

    Sorry, just to clarify the setup, the object would be outside (not in) the water column and would be forcefully inserted at the very bottom of the water column. So the question is the amount of force needed to insert the object into the column compared to the energy produced by the bouyant...
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    I Water column object insertion and energy recapture

    I am just a layman without any physics background, so I am basically looking for some knowledgeable input.
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