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Old 04-19-2009, 10:27 AM   #13 (permalink)
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I would say the default assumption here is that magnet motors are not sustainable as the magnets give up their magnetism for a minuscule amount of rotational energy. They have been around for decades ("Power Wheel" Popular Science, Fall 1980), and trade magnetism for rotational energy. No free lunch. If Bill were not soliciting I wouldn't care.
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