Perpetual Motion: Can Mono Polar Magnets Create It?

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around the possibility of achieving perpetual motion using hypothetical mono polar magnets and a design that employs magnetic levitation in a vacuum. Participants explore the implications of such a system and the underlying principles of energy conservation.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant, Jake, proposes a design involving mono polar magnets that could potentially create perpetual motion by using opposing polarities to spin a wheel without pivot points, suggesting that energy would come from the magnets themselves.
  • Another participant questions the necessity of magnets, suggesting that any object could be spun in a vacuum without the need for magnetic forces.
  • A later post indicates that discussions about perpetual motion machines (PMMs) are not permitted according to forum rules, referencing the community's stance on pseudoscience.
  • Additional posts provide links to resources that explain why perpetual motion is considered impossible, citing the principles of energy conservation.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus, as the initial proposal raises speculative ideas about perpetual motion while subsequent posts emphasize the community's prohibition on such discussions.

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The discussion is limited by the forum's rules against exploring perpetual motion, which may restrict the depth of technical exploration and reasoning regarding the proposed concepts.

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I am wondering if perpetual motion is possible using mono polar magnets and magnets that do not depolarize (these are hypothetical magnets)
If you had a magnet that used opposing polarities to spin a wheel that had no pivot points, but instead used magnets to levitate the design and it was in a vacuum, would it be perpetual and how would you show this in a formula?
I do understand that all energy needs to come from somewhere and that would come from that magnets, but with no other place for the energy to go, would it be possible to create perpetual motion?

Thanks for taking the time to respond,
Jake
 
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Why do you need magnets? Why not just spin anything vacuum?
 
Discussion of perpetual motion machines is not allowed as per PF rules. Thread closed.
 

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