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Non-Tech : Alternative energy
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To: Road Walker who wrote (4327)2/25/2008 4:21:26 PM
From: Doren  Read Replies (1) of 16955
 
The simple answer is you would be trying to use energy to directly create energy. In any energy using system most of the energy is lost.

For example: the internal combustion engine only uses a fraction of the energy used, most is lost to heat/friction. So you'd be using only 10% of your energy to produce more energy most of which would be lost in the process.
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