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    Why Might the Segway Rickshaw Concept Defy Physics?

    Hmmm... it seems GM and Segway found feasibility in the concept -- they are displaying the prototype this week at the New York Car Show (http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/06/gm-conjures-up-a-people-moving-pod/) Here is a working link to my original sketch...
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    Compressed Air Generators: Good or Bad for Home Energy Storage?

    No, I'm coming from the assumption that electricity is cheaper at night because there is a surplus of it. I think power companies do reduce supply according to demand where it is economical to do so, but their pricing structure seems to indicate that there continues to be a surplus supply of...
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    Compressed Air Generators: Good or Bad for Home Energy Storage?

    Well, it looks like this technology exists. Russ Waters is right in that it is basically a battery. It would take what is essentially electric capacity that is lost at night and store it in an environmentally friendly way. While the original source of electricity may not be clean, the ability...
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    Compressed Air Generators: Good or Bad for Home Energy Storage?

    Do you think it merits any bonus points for utilizing a 100% renewable resource and is also zero-emission? Here is a link to the AirCar website: http://zeropollutionmotors.us/" Here is a link to an animation of how the engine works: http://zeropollutionmotors.us/video/CAE_animations.wmv"
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    Compressed Air Generators: Good or Bad for Home Energy Storage?

    Have you heard of those cars that are going to utilize a compressed air generator? Well, it seems to me that compressed air is a good and cost effective medium to store energy. Am I wrong? I’m wondering if you think whether a device that can be plugged into your home outlet that stores excess...
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    Feasibility of a Warm Refrigerator

    Right you are! I guess that's why you're the mentor. And, anaerobic appears to be more toxic to humans than aerobic bacteria. Had I remembered more from my high school biology class, I would have already known the answer. Thanks for the insight.
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    Feasibility of a Warm Refrigerator

    Feasibility of a "Warm Refrigerator" I'm looking for some critical feedback on the feasibility of this concept. As far as I'm aware, the purpose of a refrigerator is to extend the shelf life of perishable food products by lowering the environmental temperature of the food, thus slowing the...
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    Oddball Questions: Strength of Bonds in Atoms & Zero Gravity

    :smile: Thats' kind of what I thought. Thanks.
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    Oddball Questions: Strength of Bonds in Atoms & Zero Gravity

    1) Is the strength of bonds in a hydrogen atom (or any atom) the same on Earth versus the "zero gravity" of space, versus a nuetron star (or a black hole)? 2) Regarding "zero gravity", does it really exist in space? Or, is it varying amounts of micro-gravities relative to massive objects...
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    Why Might the Segway Rickshaw Concept Defy Physics?

    Ok. Silly question: What type of energy is gravity? Potential? Kinetic? Other?
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    Why Might the Segway Rickshaw Concept Defy Physics?

    Eeek! You're right about the link. Yahoo now charges for sharing files Grrr. I'm working on a new link. Also, I'm not suggesting that power solely come from the falling mass. I guess one of the questions I'm probing is this: in the act of balancing a mass on two wheels (as in a dolley cart)...
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    Why Might the Segway Rickshaw Concept Defy Physics?

    For a while I've had a concept for a vehicle that combines existing technologies, but like most of my concepts, it seems too good to be true. Can someone explain the physics which disallows it? The concept is for a vehicle which I've dubbed the Segway Rickshaw (link to my .pdf sketch is...
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    Free Energy Tell me how my design is flawed

    You guys are great teachers! Thank you.
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    Free Energy Tell me how my design is flawed

    According to Chi, its sounds like a gravitational generator is not an efficient way of generating energy. So what about this? Perhaps the process I describe is better utilized as a "Gravitational Battery"? A clean, environmental-friendly way of storing eccess electric capacity and...
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    Free Energy Tell me how my design is flawed

    My Bad: I now understand the first law of thermodynamics. Thank you. However, my original concept was far less grand than a perpetual motion machine, which this certainly is not. I think the concept got lost in my phrasing of “free energy” and “automatic system”. I now understand that this...
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