• fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Turn off the engine of your car, does it keep rolling at the same speed forever?

    Where are you going to get that power on a bike? Your legs. Do you really want to peddle away to charge a battery at SIGNIFICANTLY reduced efficiency, then with even more loss of efficiency discharge the battery into an electric motor? Or do you just want your energy going directly to the wheels?

    The person in the post is trying to come up with an infinite source of energy which is not possible.

    • pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      All of these points are well taken, but I didn’t understand it as infinite, but more like to get you where you’re going.