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Question: Why wouldn't this work?

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    Better question for you - why should it work? Where does the (supposedly infinite) energy come from? – Jon Custer May 14 '15 at 14:45
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    because it would violate the first or second law of thermodynamics. – Aram Tadevosyan May 14 '15 at 14:50
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    Because of spelling errors and troll face – Kyle Kanos May 14 '15 at 15:03
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    @AramTadevosyan, "Because it would violate Xxxxxx's Law" is never an answer to how/why; It's only an excuse for not answering. Scientific laws are not like civil laws: They don't say "this must happen" or "that must not happen." Scientific laws are mere facts (i.e., relationships that we have always, so far, observed to be true.) The second law of thermodynamics is not the reason why the machine won't work: It merely is the reason why you don't have to find the flaw in the designer's thinking in order to know that it won't work. – Solomon Slow May 14 '15 at 15:04

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The force that the seal has to keep water from escaping must have the same force as the balloon being pushed upwards at least, this will cause it to stop the balloon from going upwards and no motion will occur.

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  • Not quite sure how this ties to "keeping the water from escaping", but if the water is kept in the tank when a float enters at the bottom, then the float must displace (i.e., lift) a volume of water equal to its own volume. – Solomon Slow May 14 '15 at 14:55