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

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From: daestrom
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:35

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"CWatters" <colin.watters@NOturnersoakSPAM.plus.com> wrote in message 
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> "J Chace" <jeremiahchace@wildblue.net> wrote in message
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>> and lasso the moon to get er turning
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> That would work, but it would slow the moon down slightly so it wouldn't
> work indefinitly. Hence it's not strictly a "perpetual motion machine".
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Actually, since I presume you'd be standing on the Earth when you did this, 
the Earth's rotation being faster than the revolution of the moon means 
you'd actually be speeding up the moon slightly (i.e. 'pulling it forward 
around the Earth').  So as energy is transfered from the Earth to the moon, 
it would actually move to a higher altitude.

But of course you're right, eventually the moon and Earth would be locked 
together such that the same side of the Earth always faced the moon.  So 
it's not 'perpetual' :-)

daestrom

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