cosmOS@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 2 months 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-square99fedilinkarrow-up1406arrow-down120
arrow-up1386arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square99fedilink
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoWhat does that have to do with water pressure? In that system, the energy comes from the heat.
minus-squareVicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months 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.