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should be pursued, but I know that the push towards nuclear will essen the pressure felt to support wind, and as it will be growing anyway, people will wonder why more should be done on that side - when it could easily be.

But indeed, if we have any intention of moving private transport to the grid (via plug-in hybrids, for instance), a lot more power generation capacity will be needed and a lot more wind.

It's just that with the same kind of impetus, the results on the wind side would pleasantly surprise everybody. Sigh...

In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes

by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Mon Jun 9th, 2008 at 08:11:12 AM EST
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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 ;-)


"Few can believe that suffering, especially by others, is in vain. - Galbraith"
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...

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
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?
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.

Il faut se dépêcher d'agir, on a le monde à reconstruire
by dconrad (drconrad {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 (drconrad {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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