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>Figured that tapping the drainage flow of water from a whole area combined would work better and for that need a organised drainage system all connected and ye
by hannasanarion 7y ago
>Figured that tapping the drainage flow of water from a whole area combined would work better and for that need a organised drainage system all connected and yes you do get those.
If I'm not mistaken, the technical term for these broad-area drainage systems is "river"
- SlowRobotAhead 7y agoI think you’re on to something there. What if we made on very large, and collected lots of water at a central point and could control how much of it we use for electricity? It’s a damn good idea.
- csours 7y agoIt will never work! The collection structures will fail left and right, the surrounding soil will be saturated and cause mudslides, you'll have to evict a bunch of people and buy their land, and besides, what about the downstream farmers? They don't give a dam!
- neltnerb 7y agoHow will salmon get back up into the gutters to spawn?
- PopeDotNinja 7y agoJust unleash a horde of 1st level characters to go XP grinding on the salmon, and the salmon will simply respawn after a few minutes.
- chabes 7y agoSalmon tubes!
- pintxo 7y agoCannons: https://youtu.be/l9qA8c-E_oA https://youtu.be/l9qA8c-E_oA
- pintxo 7y agoYou mean like a 250m high wave? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam#Landslide_and_wave https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajont_Dam#Landslide_and_wave
- Zenst 7y ago>If I'm not mistaken, the technical term for these broad-area drainage systems is "river" In some area's/countries - yes. What I was referring to would be your towns/cities and heck in the UK, we have most accomodation plumbed for water going in and out. Some countries/area's have what they call storm drains. Yes they all end up at the river, ideally for the sewage - after it is treated, though again mileage may vary from country to country.
- hannasanarion 7y agoJoking aside, the power of any water driven electricity generation is dependent on the difference in water levels on either side of the generator. Dams don't get built in deep canyons for convenience: the sites are chosen because they maximize the height of the water column. The potential energy of a municipal sewage system, while not zero, since there is flow, is so small as to be useless, unless your city is bisected by a 400 foot cliff.