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Re: Tidal power (in Renewable Energy and Solar Power) I heard rumours a few years ago about a project to put turbines in the bottom of the Hudson and East rivers around Manhattan (which are both tidal AND run of river), but I don't know if anything ever came of it.

The Hudson River is actually a f... read more
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 3:23 AM
Re: cell phone pop corn (in Hoax or Real?) You must love Adbusters then, eh?
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 3:13 AM
Re: Tidal power (in Renewable Energy and Solar Power) Interesting (and fitting) re-use of the term AC. I like it.

There really is very little reason why we couldn't trap some water in a reservoir at high tide, then release it at low tide through a turbine. The biggest problem I can think of is c... read more
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 3:36 AM
Re: Wind power in Australia? (in Renewable Energy and Solar Power) In theory, there's no reason why you couldn't build a motor/generator out of a flywheel, using the flywheel itself or a parallel construct on the same shaft as the rotor for said motor/genertor, and still have it suspended on one set of magnetic b... read more
discussion post on Sat, October 31, 2009 - 4:34 AM
Re: Wind power in Australia? (in Renewable Energy and Solar Power) Like I said, "Uh... no."

The flywheels introduce no new source of energy, only a new possibility for storing it. They bring nothing to the table that is not brought by batteries or pumped storage, except for the fact that they can be put anywh... read more
discussion post on Sun, October 25, 2009 - 5:14 AM
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