Re: Depleting gravity


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Posted by Scott Ellis (216.87.95.64) on September 09, 2002 at 16:35:29:

In Reply to: Depleting gravity posted by Pete on September 08, 2002 at 07:10:28:

I think the answer to this question depends on what gravity is. And believe it or not, no one knows the answer to that question! It is hard to believe that we live in such a modern age, yet we have no clue about one of Nature's most fundamental forces.

We can describe in perfect detail how a massive body will behave in a gravitational field, but we have no idea what the actual mechanism of gravity is... how gravitational force is transmitted through space.

If gravity is really a "property of matter," which is the sleight of hand used by modern physicists to get around the mechanism problem, then it is conceivable (though still not guaranteed) that gravity could be "used up."

If on the other hand, gravity is some sort of radiation pressure that pervades the universe, and actually pushes massive bodies into each other's shadows, then it can never be used up. In this case, gravitational force would be a renewable resource in the truest sense. This, by the way, is what I personally believe.

-Scott

: If someone was to get a Bessler wheel running, would it deplete the Earths gravity?




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