If energy is equivalent to the work done on a motor and the work done on the motor is multiplied by more than 100% by reusing the same energy, then why would we say that you can't get more than 100% energy out of a system?

The conservation of energy law prevents a closed loop system from ever achieving more than 100% energy. Let me clarify with this simplified example.

For instance if a motor is powered from a capacitor with 1 joule of energy in it then the motor has done 1 joule's worth of work. Another way to look at it is that the motor has done 1 watt's worth of work within 1 second of time. The very definition of a joule is a one watt second, or more like the potential to do the work of one watt within one second.

Please bear with me here.

If all 100% of the energy in the capacitor is transferred out and into the motor then the motor has done 100% work. The work done in the motor is directly related to and proportional to the energy that was in the capacitor. A simple meter can be used to confirm this simple fact.

If this is done just one time and the motor drains the capacitor completely down until the motor stops then all 100% of the energy in the capacitor has been transferred into the motor. So the motor has done 100% of the work less a few losses due to resistance, all normal so far I hope.

This is where my question begins in the form of a secondary question. If we reuse or recycle the energy repeatedly, which is most definitely possible, and store it yet in another capacitor we can do more work than what was originally possible compared to using the energy only once and not recycling it.

The energy that is being utilized in the capacitor remains the same at 100% in fact it slowly drops below 100% over time. There is nothing unusual about that.

However, if energy is equivalent to the work done on the motor and the work done on the motor is multiplied by more than 100% then why would we say that you can't get more than 100% energy out of a system?