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In article <1992Dec17.205631.9731@u.washington.edu>, basiji@stein.u.washington.edu (David Basiji) writes:
=>Again you prattle of "energy loss."  WHERE IS THIS ENERGY BEING "LOST" TO?
=>It doesn't just go away because you find it inconvenient.  And the remnants of
=>the flywheel don't just keep orbiting the place where the shaft used to be.  So
=>where did all the kinetic energy go?
=
=The energy is being used to split the covalent bonds that hold the flywheel
=together. In essence, you're separating charged atomic species and therefore
=converting the kinetic energy of the rotor into potential energy in the
=form of fragmented material.  The idea of the housing is to allow the
=rotor components enough time to interact with each other so that a large
=fraction of the energy goes into rotor destruction rather than housing
=destruction.

My first post in this thread was to point out that you need to enclose the
flywheel in something massive enough that all the energy from the flywheel
can't vaporize it.  You then, expert in biosciences that you are, went off and
started prattling of "energy loss," and still don't seem to have even the
vaguest idea of the amount of energy we're talking about here.
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Disclaimer:  Hey, I understand VAXen and VMS.  That's what I get paid for.  My
understanding of astronomy is purely at the amateur level (or below).  So
unless what I'm saying is directly related to VAX/VMS, don't hold me or my
organization responsible for it.  If it IS related to VAX/VMS, you can try to
hold me responsible for it, but my organization had nothing to do with it.