Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes: Water pipes offer a largely untapped source of renewable electricity that could provide 1.4 gigawatts of power in the US alone
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Microturbines can generate electricity from drinking water pipes: Water pipes offer a largely untapped source of renewable electricity that could provide 1.4 gigawatts of power in the US alone
by dead_planets_society
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Lol, okay, but the US used over 4,000 twh of electricity in 2022, so what’s that 1.4gw amount to, about 3/100ths of a percent of total usage?
Is it renewable? I thought water had to be pumped to houses, not just fall there. It might fall from a water tower but surely it’s pumped up to the water tower?
The water pressure in pipes isn’t free, its generated by electric pumps. Putting more resistance on the water pressure just costs more energy at the other end of the system. Its like those stupid ideas of using wind turbines along highways. Anyone who has a basic understanding of physics knows its garbage.