"Bret Cahill"
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>> > Take that up with Euler.
>
>> Coming from the same guy that doesn't know what moment of inertia is.
>
> Until you show how to derive rotational KE, then no one will think you
> have anything to contribute.
>
> I just proved it won't work:
>
No, you just proved that it's not practical to get 1 GW out of a single
unit.
You haven't proved you can't get *any* power out of the idea.
Learn to tell the difference.
daestrom
P.S. BTW, you can *not* get any power from a constrained flywheel from the
earth's rotation. I'll leave the proof as an exercise for you.