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originally posted by: Indigent
If you have to pump it, its not free, i don't understand exactly what you want to do, but how is it superior to a mirror power plant?
originally posted by: Goldenwilys
I was thinking once you pumped it to the top one time it would keep the water going by siphoning it. Windmills are a good idea to
originally posted by: Goldenwilys
a reply to: nonspecific
As for mineral deposits dunno will it go back in the ocean or would you have to clean it out Imaybe sell it to towns to salt their roads
originally posted by: Indigent
If you have to pump it, its not free, i don't understand exactly what you want to do, but how is it superior to a mirror power plant?
originally posted by: rockpaperhammock
a reply to: Goldenwilys
Imagine harvesting the tide....it happens naturally...sure it would be expensive starting up but could be amazing..some day in the future when it is cost efficient.
originally posted by: MysterX
originally posted by: Indigent
If you have to pump it, its not free, i don't understand exactly what you want to do, but how is it superior to a mirror power plant?
There are ways to pump fluids using hydraulic pressure that requires absolutely no external energy...can even pump water up hill using the same principles.
At night the same energy free pumping can produce energy using micro water screws / turbines inside the tubes, using gravity as the power source.
Look up "Hydraulic Water Ram Pump" and "Water Hammer" for more information on these devices.
OP, you can also generate electricity (albeit a relatively small amount) from saline or salt water mixing with fresh water...the two are separated by a semi-permeable membrane...there are active attempts to use this technology on an industrial scale where fresh water rivers or estuaries meet the saline sea or salt rivers.
Not sure, but i think a 5Kw setup has been trialled in Israel but was shut down due to it not being commercially viable...however improvements in the tech have been ongoing i believe, and more attempts are on the way, specifically using the highly saline dead sea.