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Green Energy From Manhattan's East River
circletimessquare writes "New York City's waterways are geographically unique in that they force tides from Long Island Sound down the East River in one of the most concentrated, powerful flows on the East Coast. If all goes as planned, a company called Verdant Power will build a $20 million, 10 megawatt underwater turbine field there by late 2005. The turbines spin slowly enough so that they pose no threat to wildlife (har har), are placed in spots where they do not interfere with commercial shipping, and are deep enough to not interfere with recreational boating. About the only drawback to the scheme are the supply shortage periods when the tides are slack. The New York Times has the scoop."
Maybe one day they'll be able to get clean water from it too.
I've seen a lot of green stuff in that river, but I didn't think it was energy.
Professional Politicians are not the solution, they ARE the problem.
It's more of a brownish-octarine-indescribable colour. Wonder if smell could generate energy..
Marxist evolution is just N generations away!
True green energy comes from Kryptonite.
I wonder what they're planning on building these out of. I live a few hundred yards away from the east river in brooklyn and everything in the water for more than a day has the odd tendency to melt... or mutate.
^nA! Creatures in my Head
Yeah, isn't Doc Ock's ball'o'fusion at the bottom of the river now?
Your courageous and selfless spelling corrections have made me a better person.
Giant spinning fan blades don't really care how fast they're spinning when they hit soft squishy meat.
At least the power coming from it will be environmentally friendly, even if the water isn't.
NTITE
-You can cry, but you'll still die. There'll be no tears in the end.
...somebody is very pissed off at having to pay shipping costs for a 10-ton hydroelectric turbine he never ordered.
It can act as a means of disposal for the mob.
That's a lot of pizza
There you have it folks, the American value system:-hadohk
What I'd like to know is how many Libraries Of Congress 10MW will light up.
wbs.
Huh?
At low tide, the sea truly is miles away from the shore.
And how, pray tell, is this feat accomplished?
Actually this reminds me of one of the stupid practical jokes the more experienced hands would pull on the 'boots' (newcomers, green-behind-the-ears, etc) when I was in the Coast Guard. They were so used to finding various lines (ropes) for different things-- anchor lines, mooring lines, whatever, that when told to go find a shore line, they'd start looking for rope. The laughter would always come after they'd come to you asking where to find it. Just like that left-handed monkey wrench, or the smoke shifter.
Allegedly real newspaper headline from 1998:
Man Struck by Lightning Faces Battery Charge
IANANT,BIASTGMOLAARR (Not a nuclear technician, but I am studying to get my operator's license at a research reactor.)
Ah! Thanx! Every time I see BIASTGMOLAARR I've been going nuts trying to figure it out!
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I think that the real question is: Won't all the dead bodies jam the turbines?
Those who sacrifice security to condemn liberty deserve to repeat history or something. - Benjamin Santayana
Wow israel managed to do something legally? Probably just a co-incidence.
Bush and Blair ate my sig!
Yes this is all great but will it grind up all those dead bodies floating in the east river so we don't have to look at them?