If the described turbines generate more power than the heating arc uses in a given amount of time, this could be a viable energy source. If not, It may only serve as a safe, low-energy disposal method (if generated power is sent back into the grid)...but that's not bad for a worst-case scenario.
Mega Blocks produced in recent years are just as mechanically good as Lego
...and even if they don't break...THEY WON'T FIT!
If any of the true lego nerds out there have ever tried to build anything relatively substantial with a combination of Mega Bloks and Lego, they have probably come to notice that, when stacking "standard" bricks, which have a thickness 3x that of "plate" bricks, the Bloks are actually slightly short, not necessarily enough for one to notice in one layer, but just enough to create a frustrating lopsided-ness and structural flaws in big enough models. This offset also tends to be by some impossible increment, such as 1/6th of a brick-height...
SO THERE.
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If the described turbines generate more power than the heating arc uses in a given amount of time, this could be a viable energy source. If not, It may only serve as a safe, low-energy disposal method (if generated power is sent back into the grid)...but that's not bad for a worst-case scenario.
Mega Blocks produced in recent years are just as mechanically good as Lego
...and even if they don't break...THEY WON'T FIT! If any of the true lego nerds out there have ever tried to build anything relatively substantial with a combination of Mega Bloks and Lego, they have probably come to notice that, when stacking "standard" bricks, which have a thickness 3x that of "plate" bricks, the Bloks are actually slightly short, not necessarily enough for one to notice in one layer, but just enough to create a frustrating lopsided-ness and structural flaws in big enough models. This offset also tends to be by some impossible increment, such as 1/6th of a brick-height... SO THERE.