alt.energy.renewable

daestrom wrote:
>
> Whilst I don't agree with any of the OP's junk science, if you arrange
> the gyro's shaft so that it is perpendicular to the earth's axis, and
> the shaft is limited to a track that is also perpencidular to the
> earth's axis (on the equator it would be vertical, at other latitudes it
> would be tilted away from the pole by the degree of latitude), then as
> the earth rotates each day, the gyro's shaft would make one complete
> revolution around the track. This revolution of the shaft around the
> track could be harnessed to draw some power.

Hi daestrom,
This is about converting angular momentum to energy. But, angular
momentum is conserved. i.e., you can't slow the rotation of the earth
from a closed system.

I'm sure the details would bare this out.

Best, Dan.