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If this is a phenomenon, could it used to generate electricity? What the lower layer of ships were filled with a flour like substance? Would that produce anythi
by sudhirj 13y ago
If this is a phenomenon, could it used to generate electricity? What the lower layer of ships were filled with a flour like substance? Would that produce anything useful as the ship rolled? Or what if we float tubs of this stuff on waves?
- Xylakant 13y ago> If this is a phenomenon, could it used to generate electricity? In theory yes. You could gain electricity by rubbing millions of plastic rods on cats. Whether that's an efficient way to produce electricity is a different matter: Power plants that use the power of waves exist, at least in experimental stages and they're probably much more efficient than a boat filled with flour.
- bagosm 13y agoAlso, note that although producing Volts means electricity it doesn't mean necessarily that you have any significant amount of energy. You may have an incredibly large amount of volts from a source that's not even capable to light a bulb for a few seconds.
- Xylakant 13y agosee for example a zamboni pile: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboni_pile http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamboni_pile potential is in the KV range while the current is in the nano ampere range. That thing is weaker than most most modern batteries when it comes to powering things.