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Old 07-29-2006, 20:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by ArmchairGeneral
If one could build a super insulated capsule with a pendulum lubricated with liquid helium, and shoot it off into deep intergalactic space, where gravity would drag on it and there's not much electromagnetic energy to heat the helium up, I expect we could keep the pendulum going for, say, a few billion years at least.
but doing this would require an external energy source, so right there, it is not a true perpetual motion device.
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