Why would it cause textbooks to be rewritten? Energy from gravity is already done via tidal energy. There’s nothing to see here unless it’s economical.
We already have many forms of energy that generate power in ways that aren’t economical. Who cares if we have yet one more (and a seemingly terrible one at that). Sent from Windows Mail From: a.ashfield Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Jones Beene wrote: "Given the obvious amount of friction, almost certainly it will fail as a way extract mechanical energy from gravity - so there must be more to the story..." RAR wrote originally that the machine design output was 30 - 33 kW. So even if it worked as designed it would be uneconomic. Even if it works well enough to overcome friction it will cause the text books to be rewritten though.
