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Re: YES, mechanical perpetual motion generator based on the Coriolis effect is going to work (JP)

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From: Chris L Peterson
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:14
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On Tue, 4 Mar 2008 11:03:58 -0800 (PST), Father Haskell
<fatherhaskell@yahoo.com> wrote:

>However, the next best thing would be a machine that outlasts
>us, such as a solar-powered steam turbine.  It would be
>indistinguishable from a pmm, since no one would live
>long enough to see it run down.

It would be readily distinguishable from a PPM, since it would have an
obvious external energy source. A machine that is engineered to run
forever isn't a PPM. A PPM must produce more energy than it consumes,
which is clearly impossible. (Technically, a PPM could simply operate at
100% efficiency, which isn't impossible, just not feasible. But
operating at 100% efficiency isn't useful, since you can't use the
machine to do any work.)

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Chris L Peterson
Cloudbait Observatory
http://www.cloudbait.com

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From: Chris L Peterson <clp@alumni.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: YES, mechanical perpetual motion generator based on the Coriolis  effect is going to work (JP)
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