Can You Believe It? #14 The Perpetual Motion Machine: Can It Exist?

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We will learn different examples of possible “perpetual motion machine” and can a perpetual motion machine exist?

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[dlrmfemilianolako]

Wow ! It was amazing, fantastic, very interesting . Thank you professor ( keep uploading videos like this )

[seannagel]

100% efficiency= mass to energy conversion at 100% conversion.( No loss) there are some who claim a set up of magnets could be this perpetual energy..of course, when a load is placed on it, the motion is lost. Also magnets have a finite amount of energy in them as well. Some claim topamak is perpetual as well when the process is self feeding. I'm not a subscriber to fusion energy. Fight nature and lose IMO. I brought up gamma conversion in previous videos. Where a light simple element h1, h2, and half helium neucli are converted to gamma then converted to moving electrons. Your so intelligent I would really love to have this conversation with you beyond yt and Thier restricted platform. Anytime let me know if this sounds like something that interests you. Perpetual energy or perpetual motion is imo and according to physics a fairytale. 🙏 Thanks

[ray_]

Respected professor ,
Thank you so much for making super interesting n informative videos. I just started learning mechanics n electronics from you. Sir those videos are really helping me and covers almost everything with nice challenging questions
I'm really glad I came to know about you and your educational videos. Your videos have more content then any paid apps or courses available on the internet.
Once again *Thank you so much sir*

[zakirhussain-jsku]

We extract energy from petrol engine by varying density of gas in engine cylinder. Energy can also be harvested from space if we can change space density. Galaxies are examples of perpetual motion machines & gravitational slingshot an example of energy extraction from space, which is possible due to difference in space/energy density in ecliptic plane around earth & b/w earth & spaceship.

[davidmurphy]

Modern ICE cars are a lot less efficient than you'd think, they're generally between 20-30% just. With electric cars you can get up to low 90s but of course there are losses in transport and generation.

Very well explained, if more people understood this there would be less victims of fraud in the world.

[TikkyTakMoo]

I have a "beef" with builders of perpetual devices. For one thing.. they're building perpetual devices 😝 But actually more than that is how basic the engineering is, with the expectation of something profound. No calculation is done. Just magnets and glue. I think this is fine and good for the sake of understanding directly the limits of physics, and the road blocks, but this is just the first step.

I don't think a perpetual motion/energy device is possible; things get hot, material breaks down. But I do believe a few Long Lasting Devices are possible. I think there is 1 way utilizing permanent magnets, gravity, changes in time and position of the magnets with gearing to simulate a "fixed orbit". Certain mechanisms would need to be in place to prevent the machine spinning beyond the limit of the Earth's gravity's role in the device..which i guess would constant (🧐?) w the mass of rotating/moving bodies involved.

As I said, the magnets would eventually die out, material wears and tear, things get hot, and if the Earth disappears... no more gravity. All that considered, I suspect a lot of latent energy, in many physical fields can be extracted.

I have magnets in my drawer that have been "pushing and pulling", with nothing to push and pull. I hypothesize magnets and gravity can be better friends.

I appreciate your response on my last inquiry on the expanding universe. I wrote a response out, but was very lengthy in an attempt to be clear. Thanks for all your videos, they cool my head.

[liamwinter]

I genuinely think between flywheels, gravity, inclines, sun light as a heat source or geothermal we should be able to harness those natural events into a rotational mechanical energy source

[AE-ixiz]

Thanks for sharing

Somewhat related conversation:

Wannabe physicists: if you think a truck can get 30 mpg then you don’t understand physics
Me: show me the formula proving your statement
Them: uhhh I don’t know how

[aaronnorman]

Hello sir, thank you very much for your video, and do you think it is possible that the universe is a perpetual motion machine, as shown by the Heisenberg uncertainty principle, where energy is “borrowed” for a short period of time in the form of a particle, then destroyed in the form of an antiparticle, and thus resulting in quantum fluctuations?

[alexindustries]

Hi great video, i have a question, why does the maximum efficiency is Th—Tc/Th and you said that for it to be 100% efficient it would have to take all the heat and leave it at 0 Kelvin? Thats kinda weird i would rather take the maximun efficiency like in an engine, the exhaust gas would leave at ambient temp, not 0 k, for me that 100% efficient, why the formula is different from that?

[anthonyhughston]

if you put a smaller magnet ball inside a bigger magnet ball and gave it some inital force wouldnt the repution of the two magnets keep the smaller ball turning forever?

[nikis]

Dear sir we believe perpetual motion is not possible nor it's need to be what needs is that we want machine which whatever efficient may be but its running on water so that after burning we get fuel again and electrolysis is done through solar system and once engine is turned on then it takes energy through alternator what would we require to get almost perpetual motion is water and nothing more but I hope you wouldn't make videos on it as it would put you in wrong place and conflict of interest probably may arise if not your then others who may influence you and your whole videos 🙏🙏🙏. I m not being sarcastic at all and hope you wouldn't take it on heart. You have done amazing videos and spread knowledge to me too and I deeply appreciate for your hard work and sincerity 🙏🙏🙏

[ewakozak]

Mother Nature: there is no such thing as a perpetual motion machine
Human being: hold my beer🙂👍

[ЗакировМарат-вщ]

Michel, do you know "lapse rate" (adiabatic temperature gradient in gas column in gravitational field) phenomena? Actually, it directly violates second "law" of thermodynamics.

[martinsoos]

Depends on what your building blocks are. Anything made of molecules and the answer is no since molecules have spin there is always energy lost to friction. If you are talking about the electromagnetic wave fronts that electrons and protons are made of, then no again. We can't build "machines" with electrons and protons. And if you are talking about the things that electrons and protons are made of, well, If you can build things with those parts then you are a God and I am not wone to tell a God what It can or can't do.