It is not perpetual motion if the friction already exists it is just improving efficiency.
Adding things that cause drag is defeated by conservation of energy. You lose more than you gain. Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 31, 2019, at 11:39 AM, clarke2 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > perpetual motion? > > > >> On 7/30/2019 6:57 PM, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: >> It's potentially possible that the energy could be used to power the EV. If >> the energy is being generated, whether you want it or not, and if you don't >> "harvest" it, it will simply dissipate as heat. However, I can only imagine >> that the amount generated is infinitesimal. >> >> Peri >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "EVDL Administrator via EV" <[email protected]> >> To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "EVDL Administrator" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 30-Jul-19 6:35:33 PM >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] sumitomotire.com energy generating tires> frictional >> charging >> >>>> On 31 Jul 2019 at 1:15, Rod Hower via EV wrote: >>>> >>>> The article talks about enough power for a Tire Monitoring >>>> Pressure System, which requires milliAmps to power the sensor >>> >>> Correct. However, following the main article, Bruce's post references 3 >>> more articles, all of which suggest that energy recovered from flexing tires >>> could somehow be used to charge an EV's battery. >>> >>> At least their headlines say that. I'll admit, I didn't actually read the >>> articles. Life's too short. :-\ >>> >>> David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA >>> EVDL Administrator >>> >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not >>> reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my >>> email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . >>> = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >>> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >>> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub >> http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org >> Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20190731/3f96c229/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
