cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days 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-square98fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down120
arrow-up1391arrow-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 · 3 days agomessage-square98fedilink
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up17·3 days agoWow. I never thought of bottling and selling water. Was surprised xkcd didn’t mention steam boiler turbines.
minus-squareRelativeArea1@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·edit-22 days ago Wow. I never thought of bottling and selling water. ah. yes. the nestle way.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoWhat does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days 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.