Karl wrote: <SNIP>>>>>But when paddling, moving water backwards is wasted energy. It is inevitable, but the less energy absorbed by the movement of water, the more energy is put to moving the kayak forward.<<<<<SNIP> Moving water backwards results in your moving forward on its surface (in an equal and opposite way). Moving water to the side or in any other direction with the paddle (turbulence for one) expends energy that is being wasted, or is even working against you, to a greater or lesser degree (depending on its degree of backward component). Some loss is always inevitable to a greater or lesser degree-the percent of efficiency of any propulsion system will always be less than 1. However, the loss isn't in the water that is being moved straight backward, as you stated. <SNIP>>>>>>>The entire universe is Newtonian. <<<<SNIP> Actually, the universe is Brozinian (as will be widely recognized once I unify gravity with the other--already unified--forces). In the Brozinian universe the space-time continuum may be collapsing at an accelerating rate (the negative or "anti-" gravity). In this milieu of a collapsing ether, mass all appears to be accelerating outward away from itself . This apparent expansion (relative to the collapsing ether) creates the sensations of gravity to an observer inside the system. To a human observer it also appears as if all mass is racing away from each other as the result of a big bang that appears to have been centered at the point where the Brozinian universe is collapsing into. However, until some perception like the above becomes the general perception among physicists, the entire universe will still be considered to be Einsteinian rather than Newtonian. Granted, Newton came up with some very workable approximations for use at kayak speeds but you are nearly a century out of date. >From the center of MY universe, Matt Broze http://www.marinerkayaks.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Jul 26 2002 - 00:32:50 PDT
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