Posted by James Barton (195.92.168.170) on May 12, 2002 at 03:33:23:
Apart from gravity there is another inexaustable free energy source on this planet: the magnetic poles. It can turn the needle in a compass, what else could it power if utilised correctly? Of course it is far weaker than gravity but has anyone thought of designing a wheel which taps into both of these energies?
I imagine that the wheel would have to be aligned to the poles. I think the advantage of using this energy in addition to gravity is not so much the small amount of extra force but the fact that this force "flows" from a different direction to gravity.