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Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?

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Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« on: 04/02/2023 00:08:08 »
Can this idea be useful? A pole wobbling on a huge concrete half-sphere? Can this become some sort of "wave power" at home? ;D

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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #1 on: 04/02/2023 00:51:05 »
Quote from: myuncle on 04/02/2023 00:08:08
Can this become some sort of "wave power" at home?
No.
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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #2 on: 04/02/2023 01:54:40 »
What is the proposed source of energy causing it to wobble?
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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #3 on: 04/02/2023 13:11:10 »
Quote from: Kryptid on 04/02/2023 01:54:40
What is the proposed source of energy causing it to wobble?

It could be people, or it could be wind outside, or a mix of wind+magnets.  What do you think?
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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #4 on: 04/02/2023 14:08:49 »
Quote from: myuncle on 04/02/2023 13:11:10
Quote from: Kryptid on 04/02/2023 01:54:40
What is the proposed source of energy causing it to wobble?

It could be people, or it could be wind outside, or a mix of wind+magnets.  What do you think?
I think there are already much better ways to do that.
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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #5 on: 04/02/2023 19:01:34 »
Quote from: myuncle on 04/02/2023 13:11:10
Quote from: Kryptid on 04/02/2023 01:54:40
What is the proposed source of energy causing it to wobble?

It could be people, or it could be wind outside, or a mix of wind+magnets.  What do you think?
Or to put it another way, what do you think a lump of concrete brings to the party that other systems don't already have?
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Re: Has anyone exploited the balancing half-sphere for electricity production?
« Reply #6 on: 04/02/2023 21:04:01 »
Quote from: myuncle on 04/02/2023 13:11:10
It could be people, or it could be wind outside, or a mix of wind+magnets.  What do you think?

Energy from people is highly inefficient: most of the calories in the food we consume goes into making body heat.

We have ways of harnessing power from the wind already, and I don't see how magnets would help.
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