I am not sure what we are arguing about here. Harry
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 9:41 PM, David Roberson <dlrober...@aol.com> wrote: > > >So if you could extract useful energy from the earth's rotation it would > mean it is possible to violate the conservation of angular momentum.< > > Harry, are you trying to set a sneaky word trap? Closed system is the key > phrase here. You can borrow angular momentum from one portion of the > closed system to give to another portion but the overall angular momentum > of the system is conserved. Therefore, you can not take *angular > momentum* from a closed system and turn it into heat. You can take *angular > energy* that is typically available in a rotating closed system and > convert that into heat such as with a braking device. That is different. > The RAR device might somehow borrow angular momentum from the Earth for a > period of time, but the complete system momentum will be conserved. > > Dave > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: H Veeder <hveeder...@gmail.com> > To: vortex-l <vortex-l@eskimo.com> > Sent: Sun, Feb 9, 2014 9:02 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:: RAR gravity engine > > So if you could extract useful energy from the earth's rotation it would > mean it is possible to violate the conservation of angular momentum. > > Harry > >
