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From: tim@cmu-cs-k.ARPA (Tim Maroney)
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Subject: Re: Perpetual Motion (magnetic field)
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Date: Sat, 23-Mar-85 18:53:56 EST
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Although it's fairly obvious that the machine under discussion is a hoax, as
evidenced by the conflicting stories the inventor gives about its mode of
operation if nothing else, there isn't anything inherently ludicrous about
extracting energy from the Earth's magnetic field, is there?  After all, it
does have the ability to do work -- just look at what happens with a compass
needle.  However, I have no idea what the theoretical maximum of extractable
energy is.  Can one of you physics types tell me, or correct my speculation?
-=-
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