Hydro = Electricity
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From: Drummonds, TN USA
I've wondered lately if people with land along the Mississippi river could set up a barge moored just off the bank with a pair of paddle wheels that drove generators through a gear drive - just about the exact opposite of a paddle wheel steamer.
As far as that goes, there could be several along the length of the barge, or just a pier that had a single wide paddle wheel at some point along it.
It's an odd thought, but theoretically do-able.
As far as that goes, there could be several along the length of the barge, or just a pier that had a single wide paddle wheel at some point along it.
It's an odd thought, but theoretically do-able.
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Originally posted by Greywolf
I've wondered lately if people with land along the Mississippi river could set up a barge moored just off the bank with a pair of paddle wheels that drove generators through a gear drive - just about the exact opposite of a paddle wheel steamer.
As far as that goes, there could be several along the length of the barge, or just a pier that had a single wide paddle wheel at some point along it.
It's an odd thought, but theoretically do-able.
I've wondered lately if people with land along the Mississippi river could set up a barge moored just off the bank with a pair of paddle wheels that drove generators through a gear drive - just about the exact opposite of a paddle wheel steamer.
As far as that goes, there could be several along the length of the barge, or just a pier that had a single wide paddle wheel at some point along it.
It's an odd thought, but theoretically do-able.
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally posted by dono
There's some really theoretically do-able ideas out there - wave power, geo thermal, turning sewage and garbage into gas, ect. I thought about putting small ramps at freeway exits (no more than a 2" throw) which would pump hydraulic pressure through pipes to a common point where it would drive a generator tied to the grid. Each of thousands of cars would hit each pump twice on exit. All these ideas have problems associated with them, but we are a nation of problem solvers.
Dono
There's some really theoretically do-able ideas out there - wave power, geo thermal, turning sewage and garbage into gas, ect. I thought about putting small ramps at freeway exits (no more than a 2" throw) which would pump hydraulic pressure through pipes to a common point where it would drive a generator tied to the grid. Each of thousands of cars would hit each pump twice on exit. All these ideas have problems associated with them, but we are a nation of problem solvers.
Dono
No about the other...”turning sewage and garbage into gas,” I turn food into garbage, sewage and gas……wonder if I could power just a drop light, sure would be handy.......no extension cords just plug in the cord...............................and presto...........light
I have no idea where the plug should go
Somehow I think there is some one who well tell me where to place the plug!
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From: Racine WI
Johnson Wax heats a 500,000 + sq ft building, powers a 3.2 mw steam generator providing 1/3 of their electric demand, and still has methane to spare, they have methane wells all over a landfill 2/3's of a mile away, they have been heating with methane for 30 plus years, the generator just got built
The owner of JWax has longly opposed expansion of a local coal power plant, really hurts watching a 7 billion dollar old man and huge energy corportation fight over how and where to make power and clean air tax credits , and to build a natural gas one would kill us for home heating, its thru the roof here
I'm pro coal
The owner of JWax has longly opposed expansion of a local coal power plant, really hurts watching a 7 billion dollar old man and huge energy corportation fight over how and where to make power and clean air tax credits , and to build a natural gas one would kill us for home heating, its thru the roof here
I'm pro coal
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From: PNW
Originally posted by BB
Just guessing but is most of the power generated in Canada done by hydroelectric?
Just guessing but is most of the power generated in Canada done by hydroelectric?
A lot of the electric power generated in the Northwest (WA, OR, ID) is generated by hydroelectric dams. And, with all the water in the rivers due to the snowmelt in the spring and early summer, a lot of that power ends up going to California.
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From: 3rd Rock
Originally posted by Mil1ion
BC is also waiting for California to pay its electric bill from Last year.
Yes A/C units take lots of juice to run.
BC is also waiting for California to pay its electric bill from Last year.
Yes A/C units take lots of juice to run.
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From: Los Angeles safe and warm
Originally posted by Mikeman
A lot of the electric power generated in the Northwest (WA, OR, ID) is generated by hydroelectric dams. And, with all the water in the rivers due to the snowmelt in the spring and early summer, a lot of that power ends up going to California.
A lot of the electric power generated in the Northwest (WA, OR, ID) is generated by hydroelectric dams. And, with all the water in the rivers due to the snowmelt in the spring and early summer, a lot of that power ends up going to California.
On credit of course.
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