Physical law of work: harvesting the difference between a weaker force and a stronger force

The other day I was discussing with an acquaintance from the UK the challenges of creating some sort of perpetual closed hydropower system in which a water tank at the top would allow the water to flow down over a hydropower waterwheel. to a holding tank. The waterwheel shaft would be connected to a pump; to pump the water back to the tank above thus producing energy. Of course, there’s just one problem with all of this;

The laws of physics!

Okay, so what’s the real problem here? Well, it takes the same amount of energy derived from gravity feeding the water through the waterwheel, as the pump would need to return the water to the first tank to repeat the process. Worse still, there will be a loss of energy in the conversion process between the waterwheel and the pump, such as friction from the rotating shaft, for example. In other words, the system is not even perpetual and will eventually run out of water at the top and cannot continue without additional power to the pump, which means the machine will produce a net loss.

However, perhaps we could use another force to return the water to the first tank. Since gravity is a weak force, why not use a stronger force and then harvest the difference in the energy component? How is this possible you ask? Well I think if you take the water from the recovery tank and put a membrane that allows the water to rise slowly like a sponge step due to ionic bonding and add the suction combination you could generate some power.

Otherwise you would be trading power for power, gravity fall, pump power and your conversion would lose a bit of power as you go as you could never get 100% efficiency with such a design which would be a net loss of energy, so it wouldn’t even be perpetual in that case. It might also be possible to use high frequency generated by the friction of the waterwheel shaft and tune it to a frequency in the terahertz range, forcing those waves into tiny straws to create pressure within the risers to allow the water to rise against the top. gravity back to holding tank and keep suction primed.

Of course, power is needed to generate high frequency, but at very low power levels, it might be possible. I would have to see some math in that second concept. Turning on the strong force in any case against gravity makes for a winner though, that plus the suction, and we should be able to return the water to the top tank by going uphill.

The problem with physics is that you have some rules you can’t break and some you can borrow. Gravity is a weak force, so use a stronger force to counteract it, then save up the difference. There are ways around all the rules of physics, some not so obvious on the surface or in the observable realm of normal human senses. Anyway, those are my thoughts on its design so far, throw in a few changes, and one might get “some” “work” or net positive energy from it.

If we add energy to the system, as in the case of a geothermal situation, we could heat the water in the bottom tank, allow it to turn to steam, and the heat would cause the water to rise back up, where it could cool down and then condense back into water. normal from gaseous vapor state, of course, again, we have to add heat energy, and it takes a lot of energy to heat water, as we all well know.

Another concept could be that if we had a way to spin the tanks on a wheel we could swap the bottom tank for the top tank and repeat the process, of course that also takes energy or work, however there are physics tricks. we can use to help in that process as well, yet exchanging energy does not give us a net gain. We still have to add power to the system to get more power than the waterwheel the pump setup creates and uses.

Now, how about we equate this with human civilizations, government structures, and the realities of free market synergies, citizen freedom, and a nation’s wealth? on a bit of philosophy here, i think it would be worth your mind to listen.

Well, let’s go ahead and call the weak force of gravity the production or work of society and civilization. And let’s call the strongest force “the government” – and let’s say it’s a heavy-handed government dictated by socialism; how the citizens will live and what the citizens will get, or perhaps a communist government where people are forced to work. As long as the government stays strong and forces the people to work and feed them, then the strong force can reap the difference between what it gives to the citizens and what the citizens produce, because it has full control over production – theoretically, but Of course this model fails, let me explain why.

Unfortunately, if the citizens representing gravity work don’t get the input they need in the form of food or government support, then they can’t or won’t do the job. So the strongest force which is the government must find a way to keep putting power into the system or the system will fail (think inflation, printing worthless money, just wait for the moment for the inevitable “Collapse” – tip hat to Jared Diamond of course). If, on the other hand, the citizens are a stronger force pushing the water back into the first tank, then they will need a weaker force, “the government” to ensure there is a difference, thus creating synergies and abundance for civilization.

Consider if you will that the synergy of free markets and freedom will contribute to the greatest amount of production. As long as the government or the citizens don’t change sides, then it is not necessary for a revolution to take place to change the tanks (the bottom one with the top one), or the sides of the equation (water wheel or pump). However, as Karl Marx explained in the communist economics work, Das Kapital, that capitalism can very easily turn into communism, and that can easily happen if the powers that be and the leader of industry collude with each other (the system ). since they will make the government the most powerful force, changing sides of the equation behind the backs of the citizens who do the production.

When this happens, we go back to our model and show that eventually the system stalls because all the water is at the bottom and there is no incentive or synergy, or people power to continue to be the strong force. In this case there is only one option and it is the revolution, or in the case of our model change the upper tank for the lower one. Why you ask, it’s actually simple, because at that time the lower tank will be full and the upper tank will be empty.

Now I would tell you that free market capitalism is the best system that allows for the strongest force on the pump side of the equation, which allows you to continue to be more productive, because the synergies of labor in a civilization with free , freedom, and free markets are more efficient.

However, as Adam Smith warned us in his famous work; “the Wealth of Nations”, we must be very careful that those who are in charge do not hijack the production flows in the synergies created by capitalism making it a weaker force than the government. Because at some point the stronger force will become the weaker force, and when that happens, the system will stop.

You see, when it comes to the laws of physics, they can also be applied to economic theory, production, and efficiency or inefficiency, using very similar mathematical equations. By doing so, we can easily prove that free markets must remain on the stronger side of the system, and government must remain on the weaker side of the system. That is if we are going to reap a net gain among the forces.

We must be tired of any person or group trying to defy the laws of physics and the free market, hijacking their flows or restricting their flows of production, money, energy or labor – “regulating the water” – in order to serve their own will to increase your power on the other side of the equation. We must insist on freedom from excessive regulatory friction or restrictions, as well as freedom for the work you produce and the clients involved. If we want to continue enjoying this system without risking future revolutions, or pole shifts that lead to total chaos, and the implosion of the whole.

In fact, I hope you will please consider this philosophical thought and reflect on it. Share with me your thoughts on this topic, my thought for the day, or send me yours and we can discuss that instead.