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LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

I wanted to make a joke about plug flow electricity because your in the UK I believe from what you said, but I don’t know enough about it. Doesn’t sound like it could supplement much energy in its current stages. I am curious to see if it ever makes any substantial amount in the next 10 years.

If you haven’t heard of it, it is a process of maximizing the use of air pockets created in catching falling water (rain) and allowing it to split in a way that can convert the kinetic energy of it essentially to about 10% electrical energy. Supposedily about 5x as effective as just letting the water fall on its own and turning it to mechanical energy. There’s something about it that seems whimsical about it to me. Not sure why.

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