[BNM] massive tower

[Alex Farran]

On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 10:08:01 -0000, "Steve Esson" <stevee at gmail.com> said:

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>> Anyone know how much power it will be using?

> Good point. It would be feasible to generate power on the descent wouldn't
> it. In the same way a hybrid car generates power when it brakes.

I imagine there's a counterweight somewhere, so you'll mostly be
converting potential to kinetic energy and back again.  Most of the
energy will be spent on acceleration, deceleration and friction.

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