[investigateworld]

Your thoughts?

[stboz]

Can anybody say, "Gulfstream?"

[caryatid]

The more things change, the more they stay the same ...

From the late 18th century through much of the 19th Century, Chesapeake Bay was lined by Tidemills. A gate would be closed during the tidal period to trap water in the millpond which, when released, turned the wheel of the mill and ground corn ...

Many of these mills were burned or destroyed by the Yankees ...

[Free Vulcan]

self-ping

[glorgau]

5 to 10 megawatts - peanuts - the smallest nuclear plant is 476 megawatts and the largest is 3825 megawatts using 3 reactors..

[rellimpank]

---Environmental groups such as Riverkeeper in New York dispute this---

--to be expected from the treehuggers--they're against anything that might work no matter how small or large--

[Oatka]

Environmental groups such as Riverkeeper in New York dispute this, claiming that scientific evidence is not yet available to support the conclusion of no environmental impact.

Have you EVER seen one of these enviro outfits SUPPORT any alternative power generation? Their approach is to fight for the life of even one minnow, wall-eyed toad, cross-eyed salamander ad nauseum. I suspect they'd prefer everyone (except them) to live a subsistence life in teepees "in tune with Mother Nature/Gaia", all the while enjoying six-figure salaries by the enviro elites, or preferably the taxpayer.

[layman]

Something like the water wheels that have been used for hundreds of years?

[siunevada]

Of course more research and development will be needed to establish the economic viability of the technology

I guess it's not beating fossil fuels or nuclear by a huge margin.

[NoClones]

enviro-whackos can still find something to gripe about

[Willie Green]

Sounds like they reinvented the waterwheel.

Proulx Mill & Power Station, Sherbrooke, Quebec

[aShepard]

Gee, I wonder if something like this could be used to make cornmeal??, or maybe even to provide power to knitting mills??

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[Recon Dad]

A company called Verdant Power is testing an IEGT system in the East River, between Manhattan and Roosevelt Island. The first phase, which consisted of a single axial flow rotor turbine, with ten foot diameter rotors, anchored in concrete attached to the river bed. The turbine was not only able to capture the energy from the natural flow of the river, but from tidal currents which can reach 4 knots. The single turbine was able to generate up to 16 kilowatts of power.

No fish there, just get tangled in the bodies as they flow into the harbor.

All seriousness, this is a great idea that for a very small outlay generate power. Even a small amount adds up as has been noted. I'd love to see a Nuke Plant in every state but we all know how long that would take.

[operation clinton cleanup]

Can they make a miniature one for my toilet?

[Ninian Dryhope]

Put some really large ones in the gulf stream.

[Mamzelle]

Cool. Bumpmark.