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Comment by amelius

3 days ago

Caution, by harvesting tidal energy you're tapping into the potential energy of the Moon, making it move closer to us at an increased speed.

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thebruce87m 3 days ago

Doesn’t the moon move away from us?

https://public.nrao.edu/ask/what-happens-as-the-moon-moves-a...

lostlogin 3 days ago

Surely taking energy from it would make it move further away?