Conservation of energy.

We don’t do your homework, but we’re happy to answer other questions.

something simliar: producing energy while walking:O
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=powering-cell-phone-battery

are you kidding, I was just curious and the simple definition for me just doesn’t do it. If one generator equals x power, why don’t 3 equal 3x? On top of that I’m not in school so don’t think you’re doing me any favors. Jeez.

My apologies. We get a lot of hw questions and this sounded like a textbook example.

Off the top of my head, I’d say that the added friction of each generator “dilutes” the kinetic energy of the weighted pole. the

I understand. See what I don’t get is while it makes sense that the friction would require more energy input, why wouldn’t gravities pull on the offset weight take care of all the additional friction?

The weight/gravity is constant. You’d have to add more weight to compensate for the added friction.

Interesting. See I find the idea of free energy very interesting and this question kind of spawned from a theory of mine. I’ll have to draw something up. Thanks.

No problem. Again, sorry for the misunderstanding.

oh no problem, appreciate the input.