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Waddy the phoenix



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there will we would just have to practally go extinct for a few thousnd years (human greed sucks)

@ andrew i thought of that idea with the wheels and weight a fair while ago but not as a method to gain electricity i was thinking of a way to move things (big ball with a moveable weight in the center adjust the weights position and you change the center of gravity = ball moves) but yeah the main problem was haveing the internal ball low friction the only way i could think of doing it would be to have it working like the planets tectonic plates and have the outer ball resting on a layer of water or oil or something (water seemed to be the most likely) the downfall is that to move the weight you need a constant presure/power suply or the like to run it and batts just dont cut it for any length of time :S
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Water power. Very Happy

http://media.putfile.com/HHO-GAS
http://www.freedomtofascism.com/cms/index.php?option=com_joomlaboard&Itemid=16&func=view&catid=2&id=386
http://waterpoweredcar.com/stanmeyer.html

Unfortuantly someone spoiled it.
http://www.phact.org/e/bgas.htm

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well they didn't reall spoil it. They just pointed out that converting water into hydrogen and oxygen required way more energy than you can get back from it.
That's why cars don't run on water.
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Thought it worth posting this link


http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2006/12/04/history/index.html?source=rss

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