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They may as well make the concrete blocks in the shape of cups. Open a drain hole when the cups are on the ground. When the cups are on top of the towers, let t
by sagebird 8y ago
They may as well make the concrete blocks in the shape of cups. Open a drain hole when the cups are on the ground. When the cups are on top of the towers, let them fill with rain.
- gunn 8y agoThat would make it partially, an indirect hydro dam.
- grenoire 8y agoIt's about concrete's density. Denser means more energy.
- dmurray 8y agoRainfall is 50 cm/month in the absolute wettest parts of the US, and less than half that in most of it. This wouldn't really move the needle.
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- IshKebab 8y agoThis is why there are so many harebrained energy ideas - because people suggest ideas like this that sound vaguely plausible but when you spend a few seconds thinking about how much energy you'd get you realise it is pointless or just an idiotic version of an existing idea (hydro in your case). Same for all the energy from pedestrians/cars ideas, solar roadways, etc.
- sagebird 8y agoThe amount of energy depends on how long the average cup would sit. A better critism might be complications in climates where water freezes. In any case, there is nothing so wrong with my comment that necessitates a negative attitude. I would not be surprised if it is an ‘idiotic’ form of hydro, or if it is not an idiotic form. But it’s clear that nobody has shown it to be one or the other as of yet, so your comment is negative with little justification.