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Free energy mod! (startrek.website)

submitted 6 days ago by Steve@startrek.website to c/linkedinlunatics@sh.itjust.works

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[–] ekky@sopuli.xyz 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Now you're introducing potential energy (a hill), which will be used up (or rather be fully converted to kinetic energy) once you reach the bottom, and you're going to need the same or more energy to go up that same hill again (depending if you take resistance into account).

We already have tech for capturing kinetic energy for later in the same battery used for driving called "Regenerative braking" (cuz' the motor is used as a generator in place of brakes, and you'll need to drive said generator by capturing/braking some of your kinetic energy/forward motion).

EDIT: In other words: You could just start on a really high hill and you'd be able to use the weight of the bike and yourself as a "battery", never needing any actual battery/motors/wiring/etc.