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A physics puzzle: underwater turbines can generate energy from tides that are mostly the effect of the Moon movement. Energy can not be created (energy generate
by mixedbit 13y ago
A physics puzzle: underwater turbines can generate energy from tides that are mostly the effect of the Moon movement. Energy can not be created (energy generated by the turbines needed to be lost somewhere). How the energy lost manifests itself in this system?
- jbattle 13y agoI do know that orbits gradually decay - maybe that is the 'energy reserve' we would be drawing down. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave#Orbital_decay_from_gravitational_radiation http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravitational_wave#Orbital_deca...