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What is the fallacy in this infinite motion machine?
Most of the "troll physics" images I can figure out, but this one has me stumped. What is broken about the following machine's physics?
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The problem is in the seal.
The amount of work to move the seal against the water pressure is the same amount of energy that is gained by the balls when they are pushed up by the water.
Even if we remove the seal and we imagine a magic "one-way pass-through" wall, the ball would still need to displace the same volume of water as itself in order to get into the tank.
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