Do you really need to 'burn' something to make something non living to 'move'?

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  Ankita Katdare

  I am not sure if I get your question. But imagine human body functioning. All the cells in our body require energy to carry out the required chemical reactions to complete their specific functions. respiration, motion, cognitive processes, growth, all need energy for reactions to occur.
  Similar is the case with the things around us. Nothing is possible without energy.
  No movement is possible without energy. This energy is produced by heating ( or burning as you put it).
  
  Does by any chance your question mean that - do we really need energy to make something move?
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  Anoop Mathew

  Ankita Katdare

  I am not sure if I get your question. But imagine human body functioning. All the cells in our body require energy to carry out the required chemical reactions to complete their specific functions. respiration, motion, cognitive processes, growth, all need energy for reactions to occur.
  Similar is the case with the things around us. Nothing is possible without energy.
  No movement is possible without energy. This energy is produced by heating ( or burning as you put it).
  
  Does by any chance your question mean that - do we really need energy to make something move?

  Title corrected. Hope this makes it clear.
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  Anand Tamariya

  The answer is simple from law of conservation of energy - energy can only be converted from one form to another. Except for fusion, fission, wind and hydel power, all other forms so far involves combustion.
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  Anoop Mathew

  Anand Tamariya

  The answer is simple from law of conservation of energy - energy can only be converted from one form to another. Except for fusion, fission, wind and hydel power, all other forms so far involves combustion.

  What about Magnetic energy? How can we use it in a more advance way in future? It does not produce any harmful bi-products right? How feasible can we make it to future gadgets, etc - maybe to power the gadget up or also even to make it move?
  
  P.S.: Just trying to think outside the box. As crazy as it seems, an idea just struck me. Not sure how worth it's going to make this debate be, but just trying:
  
  Experiment [Still in theory]:
  I'm sure all of you know the 'pull a donkey forward' by tying-a-carrot-to-the-end-of-a-stick-and-putting-it-in-front-of-the-donkey trick. (See Image below)
  
  
  Can we do the same with a Toy Car on Wheels, and a magnet suitable for it? How would you see this theory being put to practical use in future?
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  Anand Tamariya

  anoopthefriend

  What about Magnetic energy?

  Why don't you try it out and see how much energy can you produce? This will give you an idea about it's practicality.
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  Anoop Mathew

  Anand Tamariya

  Why don't you try it out and see how much energy can you produce? This will give you an idea about it's practicality.

  That's what I plan to do during my short holidays next week. What intrigues me is that the simple magnet (say magnet used to stick notes on refrigerators) has unquenchable energy in it, which does not seem to degrade with time - unless ofcourse a certain magnetic field is applied, which also relies on the coercivity of the material used in the magnet. Can we channel this in some way is what i'd like to know?