Question For Spark Plug Gurus

Now isn't this more fun than watching TV?

 

You're right, and thank you for explaining it in a way that I know if I had tried would've come out all wrong. I tend to forget the way EE's look at the problem, not the first time I've had similar debates with EE's.

now back to my cup o coffee to 'store' up some energy of my own

 

infinitely so... even this early in the AM.

 

Can we talk about antenna theory now?
Please, please.

 

Sure but let's start a new thread so as not to corrupt the OPs questions :O

 

Ooooh one of my favorites, course now we're going to need to petition Rob so that LateX math format will post.

 

But if we dont exclude beer (which is always the best plan ) would you agree that the energy moved from the beer to the boulder was previously stored in the beer?

 

Andy- A boulder you did not roll to the top of the hill, but just sitting there, has the same energy state as the one you pushed. So does one rolled two feet vs 200 feet. Not a congruent way of thinking about it.

 

Exactly

 

But its not the boulder itself which is storing the energy, its the boulder/hill/gravity system.

(Reverting to Google again): http://physics.tutorvista.com/energy/types-of-energy.html

This is such basic physics.

Quote:
Potential energy is stored energy that has the potential future ability to do a new task. A boulder that sits on the hill is not actively doing any work but has the capacity to do so because of its position. When gravity causes the boulder to roll down the hill, boulder's potential energy turns into kinetic energy.

 

Andy- Not relevant to the discussion.

Like we said, just get some NGK iridiums and all the rest is just grass on the radar screen.

 

Right so lets get this straight.

Your post:
"Andy- A boulder you did not roll to the top of the hill, but just sitting there, has the same energy state as the one you pushed. So does one rolled two feet vs 200 feet. Not a congruent way of thinking about it."

is relevant but my:

"Potential energy is stored energy that has the potential future ability to do a new task. A boulder that sits on the hill is not actively doing any work but has the capacity to do so because of its position. When gravity causes the boulder to roll down the hill, boulder's potential energy turns into kinetic energy".

is not.

OK that clears that up I think.

 

Thank you.