Free Electricity Generation (A serious question over a funny picture)

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the feasibility of a proposed system for generating free electricity, specifically focusing on a design that involves buoyancy and a float belt mechanism. Participants explore the theoretical underpinnings and practical challenges of such a system, including energy input and output considerations.

Discussion Character

  • Debate/contested, Conceptual clarification, Technical explanation

Main Points Raised

  • One participant questions the viability of the system, asking where the input energy would come from if it were to work.
  • Another participant asserts that the design would not work, referencing the concept of perpetual motion and providing a link to related information.
  • A third participant identifies the system as a classic example of a perpetual motion machine, noting its historical failure to operate effectively.
  • One participant argues that the buoyancy from the balls in the design is insufficient to push the lowest ball into a high-pressure water region, suggesting that this would cause the mechanism to stop functioning.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express disagreement regarding the feasibility of the proposed system, with some asserting it cannot work based on established principles of physics, while others raise questions about specific aspects of the design.

Contextual Notes

Participants reference the concept of perpetual motion and the limitations of buoyancy in the proposed design, but do not resolve the underlying assumptions or provide a detailed analysis of the energy dynamics involved.

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Would this system work, if the air-water isolation problem (water leakage into the air tank) is solved?

If it would work, where does the input energy comes from? We obtain electrical energy as output, but where does the input energy comes from?
 
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The Buoyancy Machine is a classic perpetual motion machine. It's been failing to work for centuries: http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/museum/themes/buoyant.htm
 
The buoyancy from all the balls on right hand side is not large enough to push the lowest ball on the left hand side into the water in the deep, high-pressure, region. So the belt will stop.
 

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