Free Energy From Magnets?

Most recent answer: 03/12/2017

Q:
To cut it short our school is asking us to do a project and I got extremely exited and started searching about different ideas that I can do. So I have found a video on youtube about magnets connected to a fan which changes kinetic energy into motion of the fan and from the motion of the fan a DC electric current is generated. So my question is if it is possible to create free unlimited energy using magnets. I have added a link below to give you a brief idea of what I was thinking to do on a larger scale.
- Omar (age 15)
Jordan
A:

No, unfortunately the basic laws of thermodynamics (conservation of energy, no loss of net entropy) mean that the "free energy" usable for machines never increases. It always decreases.

Mike W.


(published on 03/12/2017)