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Can We Harness Gravity As Energy?

1. Can We Harness Gravity As A Energy Source?
2. Can We Harness Weight As An Energy Source?

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yes!

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1. Can We Harness Gravity As A Energy Source?
2. Can We Harness Weight As An Energy Source?

Sure!

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1. Can We Harness Gravity As A Energy Source?
2. Can We Harness Weight As An Energy Source?

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Not indirectly, Directly

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Not indirectly, Directly

We don't use anything as an energy source directly . . .

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We don't use anything as an energy source directly . . .

oxygen? *trollface*

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I like the thoughts (and Google searches) this thread inspires.

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1. Can We Harness Gravity As A Energy Source?

If one could control gravity, they would pretty much be God, or at least a Dark-Phoenix level telekinetic. It's a fundamental force of the universe, and one of the major missing links in physics. That's at least assuming they had the control to work on a macroscopic and microscopic level.

Perhaps a better example would be Chris Evans in Push

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Gravity isn't missing anymore, I just dropped my shoe and found gravity.

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We don't use anything as an energy source directly . . .

You are taking what i said to literal. Can we harness gravity's pull as a power source without having to use water or such.

Just like we use solar panels which directly harness sunlight as energy.

Maybe some type of Technology or Element which creates electricity when gravity pulls on its mass? *Shrug*

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You are taking what i said to literal. Can we harness gravity's pull as a power source without having to use water or such.

Just like we use solar panels which directly harness sunlight as energy.

Maybe some type of Technology or Element which creates electricity when gravity pulls on its mass? *Shrug*

You need to think about what you mean when you say directly or no one will ever be able to give you an answer. Solar panels don't magically turn light into electricity, there are many steps in between. If they count then so does letting water fall from a height and spin a turbine in a hydroelectric dam.

If you want something that you can handwave as magic I'd point you to quartz and a few other piezoelectric substances. You can put them under a rock (so gravity pushes down on it) and it will create a current.

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You need to think about what you mean when you say directly or no one will ever be able to give you an answer. Solar panels don't magically turn light into electricity, there are many steps in between. If they count then so does letting water fall from a height and spin a turbine in a hydroelectric dam.

If you want something that you can handwave as magic I'd point you to quartz and a few other piezoelectric substances. You can put them under a rock (so gravity pushes down on it) and it will create a current.

So if we make a large flat surface of quarts and placed weight on it, it would create power? Interesting.

But i guess its hard to explain what im asking here.

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That's because you're ~~stupid~~ not ~~good with words~~ trying hard enough.

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So if we make a large flat surface of quarts and placed weight on it, it would create power? Interesting.

A very small amount. Quartz is sometimes used in watches to create a small amount of electricity.

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That's because you're ~~stupid~~ not ~~good with words~~ trying hard enough.

What happened to your little man carrying a pile of books?

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1. Can We Harness Gravity As An Energy Source?
2. Can We Harness Weight As An Energy Source?

A refrigerator magnet lifting a paper clip is outpulling the entire Earth. Gravity is by far the weakest of the fundamental forces.

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Not indirectly, Directly

No offense, but I think you've been reading a few too many comics.

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No offense, but I think you've been reading a few too many comics.

His performances in the Comic Book Versus Forum disagree.

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Maybe I'm a bit too hard on him? He's legitimately curious, and far be it for me to dismiss an inquisitive mind.

Well, Colossus-Big C, energy is defined as the relative state of objects or particles. Consequently Robtard did provide a very direct answer to your question.

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