cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?message-squaremessage-square92fedilinkarrow-up1381arrow-down118
arrow-up1363arrow-down1message-squareMy apartment building gives me free water but I pay for electricity. What if I run the faucet nonstop and rig up a hydro turbine in my bathtub to generate my power from it?cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square92fedilink
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up16·1 day agoWow. I never thought of bottling and selling water. Was surprised xkcd didn’t mention steam boiler turbines.
minus-squareRelativeArea1@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·edit-21 day ago Wow. I never thought of bottling and selling water. ah. yes. the nestle way.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 day agoWhat does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoTrue – it would require a external heat source (wood, gas, coal, concentrated solar, etc) to boil water for turbine generated electricity.
Wow. I never thought of bottling and selling water.
Was surprised xkcd didn’t mention steam boiler turbines.
ah. yes. the nestle way.
What does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
True – it would require a external heat source (wood, gas, coal, concentrated solar, etc) to boil water for turbine generated electricity.