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Rohnert Park teen comes up with novel way to store water
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| Sept 8 2014
| ROBERT DIGITALE
Posted on 09/08/2014 6:05:27 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey
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this kids gonna be well off
To: MeshugeMikey
This is most awesome.
It’s nice to see that not all 15 yr olds are spending their time beating up on old people.
I hope somebody with $$$$ helps him get his idea to market.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:12:04 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(True the Vote: " MY AMERICA, ... I'm terrified it's slipping away.")
To: MeshugeMikey
Not if the state decides that water belongs to them and taxes him out of existence. Like Colorado. They say rain water belongs to them and if you store it you’re stealing (well they tax the cistern you collect it in).
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:12:21 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: MeshugeMikey
This has applications everywhere there are water problems — especially places where it rains hard in short spurts.
This kid is brilliant!
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:13:58 PM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(AGW "Scientific method:" Draw your lines first, then plot your points)
To: MeshugeMikey
Too bad the kid is white, as that means his idea is racist somehow.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:14:06 PM PDT
by
Darteaus94025
(Can't have a Liberal without a Lie)
To: SkyDancer
Sometimes, you just have to tell John Law to pound sand.
/johnny
To: MeshugeMikey
The Water Fence website estimates that a home with 2,000 square feet of roof could collect about 1,200 gallons of water for every inch of rain.So about 10.5 inches of rain would be needed to attain the full 13,000 gallon capacity. Minus the water that is used between rainstorms.
Would be interesting to see how effective this system is in parched areas of the country.
To: MeshugeMikey
First you need rain to collect...
To: SkyDancer
That’s the big problem. Water collection hasn’t advanced much from olden times because the places that need it badly usually have collection laws.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:19:46 PM PDT
by
Bogey78O
(We had a good run. Coulda been great still.)
To: MeshugeMikey
Although I applaud this kid for thinking, the idea of collecting rain water from gutters is nothing new. My Keter brand shed does the same thing. Storing in a fence might be novel, but I think the applications limited.
To: MeshugeMikey
this kids gonna be well offIronic...
considering the name of the paper is The Press Democrat
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:21:37 PM PDT
by
mountn man
(The Pleasure You Get From Life Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
To: MeshugeMikey
Not when the EPA hears about it.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:21:37 PM PDT
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: Bogey78O
The “smart” thing to do is not build a megaopolis in a damned desert. It’s not “sustainable”.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:23:26 PM PDT
by
Rodamala
To: SamAdams76
So about 10.5 inches of rain would be needed to attain the full 13,000 gallon capacity. Minus the water that is used between rainstorms. Would be interesting to see how effective this system is in parched areas of the country.
Yeah, like where I live in the Great Basin Desert, where if we get 5 inches of rain in a normal year we are blessed.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:26:14 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
(NRA)
To: Bogey78O
Accordingly it’s better for the water to just drain into the ground than be collected and used. Liberal madness.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:27:31 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am)
To: MeshugeMikey
I think we needs some cost analysis yet....................
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:29:48 PM PDT
by
PeterPrinciple
(The Bible doesn't say what I think it says and it says a lot of things I didn't know..........)
To: MeshugeMikey
I like the concept. I am considering knocking it off with modifications. This is gr8!!
To: SkyDancer
Looks like a good place to grow mosquitoes for dengue fever production.
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:34:19 PM PDT
by
oldasrocks
(They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
To: oldasrocks
Looks like a good place to grow mosquitoes for dengue fever production.Vector Control likely will have something to say about this plan...
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:36:35 PM PDT
by
kingu
(Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
To: iowacornman
Should be a Major boon for many of us I’d suspect
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posted on
09/08/2014 6:36:42 PM PDT
by
MeshugeMikey
(Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do)
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