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A claim that a machine that run forever therefore producing as much energy as it consumes violates perpetual motion.

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From time to time people claim to have invented a machine that will run forever without energy input and develop more energy than it uses (perpetual motion). What is wrong with this claim?

Perpetual motion violates the laws of thermodynamics, specifically the first and second laws. The first law states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred or converted. The second law states that in any energy transfer or conversion, some energy is lost as heat, making it impossible to have a machine run forever without energy input and generate more energy than it uses.


What is perpetual motion?

A perpetual motion machine is something that will keep spinning or moving (typically involves rotation, but not always) forever without the need to keep adding energy. These are typically viewed as something that will move forever that we can connect a generator to in order to obtain free infinate energy.


Can light travel forever in a vacuum?

Yes, light can travel forever in a vacuum because there are no particles to absorb or scatter it.


From time to time people claim to have invented a machine that will run forever without energy input and develops more energy that it uses Why would you have reason to question such a machine?

Friction and entropy overcome all devices eventually. DaVinci called perpetual motion a shimia. A ghost or illusion.Answer2. Such a machine would violate Conservation of Energy, creating energy from nothing.The Second Law of Thermodynamics.


Does light travel forever in the universe?

Yes, light can travel forever in the universe unless it is absorbed or scattered by objects in its path.

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What does Nothing's forever Forever is a lie All we have is what's between hello and goodbye Mean?

Forever Has Lied To Him. Someone Else Had Told Him This. And They Didn't...He Met You. He Knew That If He Said Forever Again, He Would Be Broken Again. All You Guys Have Is When It Begins...Until It Ends... So Not Forever, But Til You Say Goodbye. THEREFORE: RUN I forget who sings this song, and whats it called?