To: Biggirl
The Falkirk Wheel, Falkirk Scotland.
30 posted on
06/10/2014 3:08:43 PM PDT by
Clint N. Suhks
( Laughter is the best medicine, unless you have diarrhea.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
According to wiki:
“It takes 22.5 kilowatts (30.2 hp) to power ten hydraulic motors which consume 1.5 kilowatt-hours per half-turn,
roughly the same as boiling eight kettles of water.”
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk_Wheel
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(no reference to size of kettle given)
32 posted on
06/10/2014 3:18:15 PM PDT by
Repeal The 17th
(We have met the enemy and he is us.)
To: Clint N. Suhks
33 posted on
06/10/2014 3:25:50 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Clint N. Suhks; Repeal The 17th
The corrupt, criminal EPA would never allow that to be built here, without 3-5yrs of BS studies, enviro impact hearings, carbon footprint reports and taxes, and endless delays.
I could watch that work, all day long...
39 posted on
06/10/2014 3:41:45 PM PDT by
Carriage Hill
(Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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