I'm looking for any ideas you have about building a perpetual motion machine or anything related that could help me with my research.
Thankyou
2006-12-12 23:15:22 · 5 answers · asked by Adam B 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Engineering
I have always thought while lie on a beach that the tides are perpetual motion. They come and go and Tide tables are there to tell you when high ttide and low tide will occur each day.
If tides are indeed perpetual motion , then they should be an intergral part of any man-made perpetual motion machine.
How about a water wheel in a river?
How about using geysers like "Öld Faihful" in Yellowstone Park. That thing is very punctual, so why could it not be used somehow?
How about the rotation of the Earth? Could there be some way to
use this enegy?
2006-12-12 23:32:15 · answer #1 · answered by ironduke8159 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Boatman is correct. See wikipedia about the subject. Perpetual motion violates the first and second laws of thermodynamics.
"The principles of thermodynamics are so well established that proposals for perpetual motion machines are often met with disbelief on the part of physicists."
The U.S. Patent office has a policy of denying patents for such devices.
2006-12-13 18:07:27 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Answer 1 is correct. They can't work. Ocean waves don't get their energy for free. The energy comes from somewhere. And please don't head down the magnet path. A maget holding an object is about as mystical as a table holding an object off the floor. Sorry, there is no free energy.
2006-12-13 08:24:38 · answer #3 · answered by Boatman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dig a tunnel straight through the Earth. Pump out all the air. Drop something into the hole. Weeee!
2006-12-13 07:26:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
By the Laws of Physics, they cannot work.
2006-12-13 07:17:42 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋