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{Nature_and_Environment.96.16}: Tonu Aun {tonu} Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:39:30 CDT (21 lines)
Converting raindrops to energy: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/weather/article3600123.ece Okay-- sounds viable, though the first comment after the article makes the point that rain already is used through hydro turbines. Again that sounds reasonable on face.... however that comment is ignoring that the captured energy still allows the water to flow to the turbines with no effect on the hydro capacity. What is captured and converted is the kinetic energy of the raindrops. No making craters in the soil. Do I think this a viable alternative --- not by a mile. The other 'solutions' in the article are creating limited amounts of energy by walking or through fibre energy from clothing. Again possible for some dinky amount. I can tell you how to harness wind energy by fixed lines to trees or the expansion of metal rods fixed at one end --- silly, silly, but they do work. Yes, we will need silver b-bs rather than a one ultimate answer... hunting for either still ignores the real problem.
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