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Due to conservation of energy, it takes the same amount of Work (change in energy) to move something up as it would produce it from dropping it from somewhere high. At most you get something with no loss in energy, but no gain either.

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in reply to @rykarn's post:

@ai1861/10/2023, 11:43 AM

i dont get it

@Zutaca1/10/2023, 2:33 PM

The potential energy that an object has from being 1 meter above the ground is the same as the kinetic energy of an identical block moving at 4.43 meters per second

rykarn @rykarn1/10/2023, 5:03 PM

it's the last panel of a loss edit

ꙮ tatybara ꙮ @tati1/10/2023, 2:36 PM

potential energy believers be like:

in reply to @mintexists's post:

Minty Fresh 🌿💚@verymintyfresh12/25/2022, 10:19 PM

I've read about a "potential battery" which is basically a store of huge heavy blocks which can be lifted up a (mountain, whatever) when there is an energy surplus, and sent back down when there's an energy deficit

Epsil Delta @EpsilDelta12/25/2022, 11:19 PM

There's a few ways to store energy in mechanical fashions! This is one way. I've seen it implemented in various Lego contraptions. Flywheels are another method of this.

Minty Fresh 🌿💚@verymintyfresh12/25/2022, 11:43 PM

I wish you could like comment replies on cohost. But you can't so I'll just reply and tell you that I think flywheels are super interesting :3

Epsil Delta @EpsilDelta12/25/2022, 11:44 PM

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