while that is true… again, the question is very poorly worded.
Newmans orgional post said that if the belt was able to match the speed of the wheels @ any given speed (aka, adjusts it’s speed accordinly) then it wouldnt work, because even though the plane is able to easily overcome it, the belt would spin faster and it would need even higher wheel RPMS to over come that… and when it does, repeat said process.
in a sense… everyone is correct