Posted by Nick Hall (195.74.122.243) on May 30, 2003 at 00:41:54:
In Reply to: Re: "Unnaturally lifting weights" - P.S. posted by Nick Hall on May 30, 2003 at 00:34:37:
I wrote:
"I have always said that the only way a gravity wheel can 'harvest' energy is by the total mass*distance product downwards to exceed the totall mass*distance product upwards."
mass*distance here is my being lazy for "weight*distance"
This is not the same as saying that for it to work, a mass element 'falls further' than it rises......but more of that at a later date!
Thanks
Nick