Re:Gravitation water vortex power plant
by lopmotr on Sunday April 22, 2018 @02:01AM
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Conservation of angular momentum says you can't get energy from the Earth's rotation unless you have a reaction force on something in space.
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Re:Gravitation water vortex power plant
by snovv_crash on Sunday April 22, 2018 @04:12AM
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Indeed. Coriolis force doesn't give any energy since it applies the force perpendicular to the direction of motion.