• Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    Portals don’t abide by the laws of physics. Portal above + portal below = infinitely falling object (and thus infinite kinetic energy)

    • Alien Nathan Edward@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Portals don’t abide by physics, but people still do. Even in the infinite fall scenario there isn’t infinite energy because the object accelerating is still subject to terminal velocity, and it’s change in momentum comes from gravity. For the people to change their velocity, there has to be energy imparted onto them. My theory is that the train would have to slow.