05 Dec 97 12:28, Chris Shepherd wrote to Joe E. Dodson:
CS>You have a space station, like the one in 2001, which uses cyntrifical 
CS>force as gravity. Place at the center a generator which uses something 
CS>similar to a flywheel and magnets. Would the flywheel not spin eternally 
CS>(almost) if you gave it a spin and shut the compartment. Remember, here at 
CS>the center gravity is pulling equally in all directions, so they cancel 
CS>each other out.
CS>Would that maybe work?
No. I am not sure I can example why but it goes something like this: 
The flywheel will only contain the energy given it by the push that starts it 
spinning. As you "draw" energy from the flywheel it will tend to slow down 
unless you "add" energy to it. Now you could try to put the energy produced 
back into the flywheel but at present there is no 100% efficient way to 
transfer energy so there is a very slight loss of energy. Eventually you run 
out of energy.
-Joe
jdodson@smart1.net
jdodson@freewwweb.com
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