If I hook up a big gear to a much smaller one to spin it incredibly fast could that be used to generate power? And if so could that idea be used to generate power on a much bigger scale? In my brain it makes perfect sense but there must be something wrong with this idea.
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In short, no. Using gear ratios the power of the gears is constant (minus some losses). In order to increase the speed of the gear the torque of the gear is lowered. if you mean in the sense to generate electricity the losses of the system will pile up, energy lost to heat, friction. You’d essentially be plugging an extension chord into itself to try to get infinite power.
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