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I once wondered the same thing, and I stopped very soon as I considered something as simple as a 60W light bulb.

60W is 60J per second. 60J is about the energy it takes to weigh 6kg up one meter.

So basically to keep a 60W light bulb lit, you'd have to raise 6kg one meter high every single second.

No way.

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