cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 4 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-square70fedilinkarrow-up1364arrow-down117
arrow-up1347arrow-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 · 4 days agomessage-square70fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoWhat does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoTrue – it would require a external heat source (wood, gas, coal, concentrated solar, etc) to boil water for turbine generated electricity.
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.