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perpetual motion

Bigthink — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:11:55 +0100

this is an idea which i have seen attempted solutions for everywhere. i am doing my A-level physics coursework on it. most theories seem to depend on magnets or unbalanced torque in both circles and triangles. obviously conventionally this is not possible, however any ideas on the topic would be appreciated. i completely understand why in triangles and circles you cannot have unbalanced torque of you are rotating the object or something around it, but what if you had a triangle with an extended side so that a chain of balls of the same mass going around the triangle would be biased one side of the triangle as the 'weight would be uneven which is impossible in a normal triangle. that way there would be biased torque but im not sure if this would work still, as im not sure if the extention on one side would set the masses at the underneath of the triangle in an imbalance that would counter the bias and therefore create equilibrium once again. please send information you may have. i am not really trying to solve the problem, just explain why many ideas dont work and look into the subject explaining methods which have been attempted.

Re: Fondation for world peace

Bigthink — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 21:44:13 +0100

I quite like your way of thinking.

I believe as you appear to do that tolerance and respect for eachother is how world peace must begin and also that we must rely on peoples choices to be the correct ones, which is not always the case because of greed and personal motive. however with the correct measures people can be controlled (not in a derogitory way) and influenced by factors into making the 'right' decision.

what is possibly needed therefore, in my belief is a structure to politics that encourages people to make the right choices and makes it difficult for people to take a decision that will lead to war for personal gain, but will not hinder the ability to use force in protecting peace, which is the problem structures such as the league of nations had, as they did not have the power to stop someone from acting in the wrong way and their organization was very flawed.

we can see from previous attempts that the best results come when we work together. nothing is ever simple when discussing matters like these but if all focused on the same goal the power of unity between nations can accomplish a great deal if the leaders have the support of their people. This is the key to success. It is very much about the people putting faith in thier governments to work together. if the public are behind something it can be very successful. this has been shown time and time again throughout history. i do not pretend to be an expert, but i believe campaigns can always succeed with the correct support and the larger the problem the more support you need, but there are alot of people out there who want peace.

what are your ideas on God

Bigthink — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:14:46 +0100

How did the universe begin. Was it God or is there another explanation to explain how the beginning came to be. post me your thoughts.

Re: World Peace - the ANSWER

Bigthink — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:49:05 +0100

: The only way to create a peaceful world is for nations globally to interact with eachother and work together. there are many ways of doing this. for example events such as the olympics promote a good atmosphere that enhances relations. to achieve world peace though we must go alot further. the sort of thing that is necissary is a remake of the league of nations. i believe it would stand alot better chance of success today than it did after a major world war as doubts would not be so high and people are not so hostile against eachother. it is becoming increasingly accepted that people are all equal, and although i am not naive enough to believe this is the case all over the world, i believe that now would be as good a time as any in the near future to try as things are beginning to settle down in the middle east (although they are obviously not resolved). we also need the new league to have better organisation than it did the last time round with only a majority vote of say more than 75% needed to take an action instead of everyone needing to vote the same way. also i believe relations are now strong enough in europe and america that the league would have enough backing to succeed, (unlike last time)

How to really tackle world peace

Bigthink — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:28:54 +0100

My thoughts on how to tackle global warming

Bigthink — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:50:08 +0100

: we are not doing enough and i think we are going the wrong way about solving the problem. all the publicity we are seeing focuses on the problems caused by global warming and suggest ways of cutting emissions. well, what about other ways. other plans are needed because the polution caused by cars etc in britain is barely as much per year as a volcanic eruption. and the earth has been bealing with these for millions of years. the difference is that before it has always had a bigger chance of fighting back. the way it cando this is through trees. trees have been reduced dramatically over recent yearsand there is now far less of them to fight back and take away the carbon emissions. they act like a carbon sink. surely it would be much more effective and much cheaper than designing all these new gadgets and cars etc, just to replenish the trees. we have plenty of space to do so and the world would look and be alot better for it. this would also make recovery time faster from our current state which latest research shows could be worse thap previosly thought. i believe the only real advantage the new green products will really bring is a new advertising campaign for companies to open a new branch of customers, because it does not go anywhere near far enough to eradicate the problem and definately not quick enough.