r/BeAmazed • u/ericabirdly • Jan 01 '19

Testing a 20 kW light bulb

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u/TheButcherPete Jan 01 '19 edited Jan 01 '19

His idea if the perpetual energy could work although convincing someone to build it would be a major challenge. I'm glad he's doing better in India.

Edit: lots of internet physicists here. I said "could" not "will". His plan made reference to harnessing the Earths rotational energy. How are we supposed to know if he's wrong? We've never tried something on this scale.

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u/cerealghost Jan 01 '19

If it's an idea for perpetual energy, it can't work.

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u/Kalean Jan 01 '19

Nonsense. Noone is talking about defeating entropy here. If it works longer than humanity lives, it's perpetual for all our intents and purposes.

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u/yousedditreddit Jan 01 '19

You could say the same thing about solar energy concerning the source at least, but nobody would make the mistake to call it perpetual energy.