A screenshot of an I'm a Scientist live chat. A student and Ruth the scientist are discussing energy production. Student: ok here me out wind turbine plug in some fans to blow the turbine boom infinite electricity. Ruth: Ah but don't you need to power the fans? This wind turbine-fab loop is a bit like pumped storage, which is a way of storing energy for later. Student: you power them using the wind turbine. Ruth: But then there wouldn't be any electricity left for other stuff - you'd have a closed loop! And it would be better blowing the wind turbine with the natural wind - it's free! Student: dang it my infinite electricity machine turns into jus a perpetual motion machine. Ruth: Yeah sadly it's beyond the laws of physics.
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