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tomalator t1_ja7g3ys wrote

Perpetual motion is impossible because of the law of conservation of energy. Even if we had a wheel spinning for centuries, we would never be able to pull more energy out than the wheel itself has. The "servicing" in this case would be speeding the wheel back up, but that would take energy. If we wanted to, we could keep the wheel spinning for as long as we wanted, but that doesn't make it into a power source.

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