I thought spinning was more efficient, but nothing natural could grow that way. After all, spinning parts would break the connections nature uses in circulatory systems.
A pumping device has to combat its own inertia, it requires more moving parts, and it generates friction on more surfaces (at least if it has a crankshaft). A spinning device however, is mechanically simpler and can keep on spinning under its own inertia.
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