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Artist Produces a Machine That is Very Nearly Perpetual Motion

Home - by - September 26, 2012 - 13:00 America/New_York - 17 Comments

So close, but, not quite.

Still, it’s a pretty intricate and thought out contraption-

See the video here

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» 17 Comments

  1. Toaster

    September 26th, 2012

    Perpetual motion = 0bamanomics and violates the 2nd law of thermodynamics ie: There’s no such thing as a free lunch

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  2. Hoka Hey

    September 26th, 2012

    There’s no such thing as no utility bills.

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  3. Stranded in Sonoma

    September 26th, 2012

    I was expecting to see a diagram of how liberals keep getting re-elected because of vote fraud.

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  4. Troy

    September 26th, 2012

    I always felt that the Earth spinning was as close to perpetual motion as you could get.
    Four more years of Obama may put a stop to that…

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  5. Czar of Defenestration

    September 26th, 2012

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  6. whom

    September 26th, 2012

    Wow they’re really playing up the drama here LOL. Baffling with massive BS, long “scientist” beards and slick production.

    Sorry, it’s a pipe dream. As they said, you simply cannot get energy out of nothing. Even if this wheel “ran” forever, it still doesn’t “make” any energy that could be tapped out of it (you can’t). Moving weights up/down/around will NOT
    work to generate energy, ever.

    Looks to me like Aldo built himself a nice big Minto ferris wheel essentially. They don’t give enough detail though, but the array of container bottles are a tip off. He should probably credit Wally..

    However, it’s always great fun to dream :)

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  7. Aufklarer

    September 26th, 2012

    I have some oceanfront property in Kansas you may want to check out.

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  8. Stirrin the B.S.

    September 26th, 2012

    Perpetual energy has already been created, and it is much simpler than what these folks are suggesting.

    http://static.themetapicture.com/media/funny-cat-toast-infinite-energy.jpg

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  9. Buffalobob

    September 26th, 2012

    Who, Just imagine algore and obama’s tzar Stephen Chu pitching this to Valerie Jarrett. She in-turn instructs obama to fund perpetual motion with a bizllion dollars of stimulus money. It’s a win, win for all of obama’s cronies.

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  10. Boobie the Rocket Dog

    September 26th, 2012

    Damn friction! Howdya say BUGABOO in Suomi?

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  11. Jack Daniels

    September 26th, 2012

    Look at the people advancing these things; alien abductees, conspiracy theorists, con artists, and liberal/socialist utopian, tree hugging, environmentalist dreamers.

    They keep barking about how it will all be free, how it will change everything, but in the same breath claim the technology cannot be introduced too quickly,… typical delusional argument.

    Free energy? They are delusional, who is going to pay for the manufacturing of these things… the consumer that’s who. Perpetual motion companies will simply replace their evil big oil and big electric company.

    Hey I get free energy from my car as soon as I pay the not so small fee for the fuel I put into it. If that doesn’t make sense to you, welcome to their logic.

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  12. Merry Poppet

    September 26th, 2012

    My daughter has created a real perpetual-motion machine. His name is Christopher. ;)

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  13. FreeMan & Sarah Voting Early & Often

    September 26th, 2012

    The only one I know of is government.

    It keeps going and going and never stops or sleeps.

    It is not effective, sucks up all the money and power it can and produces nothing with it.

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  14. Jethro

    September 26th, 2012

    Sometimes a person can discover or develop something amazing due to stubborn perseverance, while not being one of the top intellectuals of the day. John Harrison is a perfect example:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison
    He invented the marine chronometer, and it took 31 years to perfect it. The top intellectuals of Britain did everything they could to discredit him.
    I doubt this guy is the modern day John Harrison.

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  15. Edith McCrotch

    September 26th, 2012

    The only real perpetual motion is time itself.

    In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.(But didn’t it take at least a miniscule moment of time to do that ?)

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  16. Captain Obvious

    September 27th, 2012

    Perpetual motion requires no outside energy input. Unfortunately the bugaboo in making any of these true perpetual motion is that they’re powered by gravity.

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  17. zoinx

    September 27th, 2012

    looks plenty o’ places to put a flat, 3volt, lithium battery in there

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