Recent content by Jaxodius

Thank you jbriggs and also for pointing out he errors in my calculation. I realize i keep mixing the units. maybe i need to rethink the whole thing. Thank you to everyone for helping.

is the maths correct here? how would i calculate how long it would take for that load to be raised up to 100 meters?

Dale you said: i understand that you and others here think that the whole thing is silly. i understand that all the power companies in the world think it is silly too. that is ok. i still want to try it out and i need some help with the maths of it all. maybe the first day i try it out it...

Thank you for the video CWatters. you said: I was thinking of having 4 arms/levers attached to point A in such a manner that they form a plus sign. then i can have 50 people per arm. Infact, as the discussions have progressed, something else comes to mind. what if the 250w per person was...

Thank you jeffery. and please do not hesitate to point out any wrong assumptions i have made (as i said in my first post ). this will be my first attempt at anything like this and i would like to get it right. and to clarify, the project is for 100 kw-second ( thank you willem2 for clarifying...

It does not take $10/hr to hire someone in china or India :) Do you think the gears will hold up?

Thank you sophie, i will keep that in mind. CWatters i was planning on hiring people to do it because it will only be for 3 hours. and you are right it will be about 400 people. I was thinking that maybe i can divide them into groups and 1 group takes over another. Honestly, hiring people...

Sophie please let me know if my understanding of power and energy is still wrong: Example: when i use a 1kw AA cell in my phone that has the ability to use either 1 watt or 1000 watts every second it is turned on, the 1kw AA cell will either last 1000 seconds or 1 second depending on the...

Thank you for your prompt and very helpful reply Nugatory. After doing some excel calculations i think i understand it enough to start with some practical experimenting. Thank you both for your help. I consider this problem solved.

Thank you Nugatory. I think i really am confusing myself more. let me explain what it is i want to do. i have an oven that is rated at 100 kWh and it need to run for 3 hours. I am trying to determine how much force would be needed to provide 100 kWh to that oven using the set-up i mentioned in...

Thank you Andrew. you raise a very good question: [1] i am not sure weather to generate 60 kilowatts per hour ( i am simplifying the numbers so i can understand easier but my actual project is for 100 kilowatts per hour ), if one needs to generate 60 kw per second or 1 kw per minute? [2]...

Hello to everyone, I am trying to calculate how much physical force is needed at point B (imagine a person pushing on a bar attached to point A) to generate 100 kw per hour where the radius is 50 meter. If you imagine that at point A there is a system of gears attached to an...

Thanks for the clarifications, all of you.

Cheers for tha f95. but can u please clarify how this is not releated to quantum mechanics? I thought it is at the atomic level that lines start to blur between what we think is definate and absolute and what seem to be complete chaos at that level, especially when it is not being observed...

I have a question about schrodinger cat experiment. If it really is true that the cat is alive and dead at the same time, then what would happen if we took another box which is closed from the top and has a mixture of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and other elements needed to create a small goldfish...