cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months 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-square99linkfedilinkarrow-up1414arrow-down120
arrow-up1394arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square99linkfedilink
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up18·2 months 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 months ago Wow. I never thought of bottling and selling water. ah. yes. the nestle way.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoWhat does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month 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.