4/ When the A magnets are energized they apply torque via electromagnetism to the rotor. Then the As are demagnetized and the Bs are magnetized and the rotor (a) keeps rotating because of inertia, and (b) is drawn towards the new energized poles. Then B demagnetized + C ...
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15/ To quote him back at him "you get just about every single fact I know anything about wrong, from the very small things to the very big things, and I have to assume you get all the things I don't know much about wrong, too."
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16/ A third person tags in to say "that thing your interlocutor assures you is impossible, and thus you're wrong about everything? I've seen it with my own eyes". https://twitter.com/libertylineman/status/1210944219138969600 …
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17/ Well, to be fair, I do try to write "hard" SF. The only zero-reason-to-think-it's-possible tech I intend to have is the AG drive. https://twitter.com/jabocka/status/1210944013441884165 …
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18/ For those curious on scavenging cylinders or tanks, here's one place to start https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scavenging_(engine) …
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