If that is true, then it follows that the Earth is doing work on Harry
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 7:41 PM, David Roberson <[email protected]> wrote: > If you are referring to my statement about the magnet and steel, I am not > confusing them. The force being applied to the steel is attempting to make > it come into contact with the magnet. Energy is being released by the > magnet as it draws the metal closer since it is having to work against my > resistance to that motion. It would be possible to measure the amount of > energy by attaching a force measuring scale to the steel part and slowly > allowing it to come into contact with the magnet. You would be able to > integrate the force times distance curve and obtain the energy. > > Does the magnet do work (use energy) when you are holding the steel at a fixed distance from the magnet? When you let go of the steel and the steel accelerates towards the magnet, is the magnet doing work on the steel's inertia? Harry > Any technique that resulted in allowing the relative position of the > magnet to the steel to be reduced could in principle release a portion of > that energy. And, more pieces of steel could be introduced to the magnet > in like fashion where each one resulted in more energy release. > Eventually, the field would no longer exit the pile of metal and further > energy could not be easily extracted. The total amount of energy available > escapes my calculation. The fact that steel is being used in the > extraction process might multiply the amount of energy that can be obtained > as compared to that which is stored in the original field pattern. I am > not confident in the later possibility and perhaps someone else might know > the answer. > > Dave > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Terry Blanton <[email protected]> > To: vortex-l <[email protected]> > Sent: Sun, Apr 14, 2013 7:04 pm > Subject: Re: [Vo]:Yildiz motor in Geneva -- ran 5.5 hours then broke down > > Don't confuse force with energy. > > >
