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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.
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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.
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Yeah, isn't Doc Ock's ball'o'fusion at the bottom of the river now?
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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
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What I'd like to know is how many Libraries Of Congress 10MW will light up.
wbs.
Huh?