Trex202@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 14 days agoThis keeps me up at nightlemmy.worldimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1196arrow-down115
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minus-squaresompreno@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·14 days agoThe cats not falling if its attached to a generator
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·14 days agoExactly. This only works while falling. So, no, you’re not creating infinite energy, you’re just converting gravitational potential energy to electricity (for a short time).
minus-squareMac@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·14 days agoAnd cats don’t weigh anything so this wont have enough torque to produce a meaningful amount of power.
minus-squareOwOarchist@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days ago And cats don’t weigh anything *unless they’re standing on your chest while you’re in bed, in which case, they weigh several hundred kilograms. But that’s not the case here. So, yes, we can work with the approximation of a weightless cat in this scenario.
The cats not falling if its attached to a generator
Exactly. This only works while falling.
So, no, you’re not creating infinite energy, you’re just converting gravitational potential energy to electricity (for a short time).
And cats don’t weigh anything so this wont have enough torque to produce a meaningful amount of power.
*unless they’re standing on your chest while you’re in bed, in which case, they weigh several hundred kilograms. But that’s not the case here. So, yes, we can work with the approximation of a weightless cat in this scenario.
Well then, I think we need a volunteer.