🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agoWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.worldimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1305arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1300arrow-down1imageWe visited the Falkirk Wheel last month! It lifts 500 tonnes 80ft into the air using only 1.5KWh of power (it's actually energy N•m/s).lemmy.world🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · edit-21 year agomessage-square30fedilinkfile-text
minus-square🇸🇵🇪🇨🇺🇱🇦🇹🇪🇷@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down2·1 year agoI’m a physicist, I know what you’re saying, but I was writing casually and not in a technical manner. You’re also technically wrong, even with zero friction, it wouldn’t move. You have to overcome the inertia then bring it to rest.
I’m a physicist, I know what you’re saying, but I was writing casually and not in a technical manner. You’re also technically wrong, even with zero friction, it wouldn’t move. You have to overcome the inertia then bring it to rest.