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For sure, they could get very good results. Now, if they could find a way to generate electricity from rain, Cornwall would be the new Kuwait ;-)


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by Cyrille (cyrillev domain yahoo.fr) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 09:21:48 AM EST
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Well, rain has kinetic energy that is wasted when it hits the ground...

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 09:36:25 AM EST
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Mig, I have a warp drive for sale. Taker?

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by Francois in Paris on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 01:34:00 PM EST
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If you can find an economical way to capture it you'd really be on to something, but I have a feeling the devil is in the details on this one.

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by dconrad (dai {point} conrad {arobase} gmail {point} com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 01:39:43 PM EST
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I believe it's called a water wheel.
by Colman (colman at eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 01:41:53 PM EST
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Individual water wheels would capture a pretty tiny fraction of the energy in a rainstorm.

Then again, I guess you could say the same thing with respect to individual windmills and the wind, so maybe I'm just underestimating how effective a water wheel could be?

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by dconrad (dai {point} conrad {arobase} gmail {point} com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 02:50:42 PM EST
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If only there was a way to collect this water at a relatively high altitude, and of harnessing its potential energy as it flows down to relatively lower altitudes, that'd be super awesome. If only ...

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by nicta (nico@altiva․fr) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 02:51:40 PM EST
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