Super interesting.

It’s energy storage. The total energy exerted is less than the energy it took to raise the weight in the beginning. Same thing could be done with a bent over tree instead of a weight over a limb. Friction causes a loss of energy throughout the entire system. I believe real power is in fire moving this entire contraption due to the energy there is being released via heat into the system. My newest venture is turning fire into electricity, which happens all the time, but I’m going to try to do it with a lot less friction

Can you skip the water/steam middle man?

that's interesting, but what do you think of this?

Looks like a Rotisserie on an analog timer that eventually has to be wound up again. Looks cool, but seems like a lot of work for something you can just rotate by hand.

Can somebody smarter than me explain this

The most useful bundle of sticks I've seen.

Is this racism?

I thought that was Bumblebee power 👀

"Gravity" battery

before i realized this is how we went to the moon i thought that was a bumblebee

In about a decade we will have steam powered engines.