WOW!!! I haven't seen this topic for SOOOOOOO long!!! Had forgotten all about it, too!

Man, this was written a long time ago! 2001! Look at how far things have come here at ECN!

Anyhow, to answer your Q'; If the matter is at "Ground State" it still possesses the same energy - just all in a static state. To get something Kinetic / Dynamic from it, there must be a difference in energy levels.

Example:

Boulder rolls down a hill, then stops. it stays at the same place for eons, until an earthquake comes along - which cracks the ground directly underneath the Boulder.
Now the Boulder falls into the crack until an opposing force stops it once again (that force would be the Boulder getting stuck in the crack, or hitting the bottom of the crack). Boulder remains here for eons again, until something else happens, which creates a similar situation.

Boulder's actual "zero potential / ground state" place would be the center of the Earth's core (or where ever the highest concentration of Gravitrons exists). That's the Boulder's attractive force, in a basic sense [Linked Image]

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