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09-08-2007, 09:10 PM
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Okay, I'd like someone to debunk a theory for me.
I've often thought about the "impossibility" of constructing a perpetual motion machine. Now of course you can't build one that you can actually get energy out of, but what about something that will just go on forever and not stop? Step One: Build a sphere out of artificial diamond. Pure diamond, no defects, absolutely uniform crystal lattice in all directions. Step Two: Go out into space and find a location where gravitational and electromagnetic effects from all locations are absolutely uniform. It'll probably be midway between two galaxies. Step Three: Plant your diamond in that location and give it a nudge to spin it. There you go, a moving object with nothing to stop it. Certainly not a USEFUL machine, but perpetual motion.
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