What if it does?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgk0HfXhU9M

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Ok so he made a home made transformer...

 

LOL very doubtful it works.

 

Sure it works, it works just as a transformer does. I would like to hear the readings it gets, how much volts, amps, and ohms are coming from this circuit. How much are coming from the in, and the out, after the contraption. I bet anything it is just doing the same job as a transformer, it is just home made.

 

As mythbusters proved, technically, it does, but it is soooo inefficient and impractical, it could never be used.

 

^Link? His basic idea/claims seem wrong so I'd like to see the mythbusters version?

 

If I remember the Mythbusters episode, it was taking the energy from power lines. Because of the high voltage it was slightly, barely, possible to steal it. Unless they did another one that I missed.

Mythbusters

 

If it were possible, it certainly wouldn't be with low-tech pulleys using high friction rubber belts, and with that number of ratio changes, and pulleys where energy is lost at each contact point.

On a side note, I am still looking for someone to give me a grant so that I can prove my revolutionary system for vastly extending the range of an electric car.

 

What about putting the magnets and everything else needed to generate electricity, in the wheels of the car. As it moves down the highway, it is generating power again...

 

The problem is with all the extra weight and friction involved.

It will generate power as you move down the highway, but you'll be using more power to move down the highway.

It ends up being a net energy loss, not a gain.

Hybrids use regenerative braking to recharge the battery as the car slows down. It turns kinetic energy (movement of the car) into potential energy (the charge of the battery) but it is not 100% efficient. There is always some loss, usually as heat due to friction.