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minus-squarestuner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoSure, but those are completely different approaches. Dams have the advantage that they have a much larger capture area for water and that they can accelerate the water beyond the 10 m/s terminal velocity of raindrops.
minus-squareZwiebel@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoWe gotta build a reservoir just below cloud level and then put turbines all the way down to sea level to harvest more of the energy
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·11 months agoBlimp reservoirs!
Sure, but those are completely different approaches. Dams have the advantage that they have a much larger capture area for water and that they can accelerate the water beyond the 10 m/s terminal velocity of raindrops.
We gotta build a reservoir just below cloud level and then put turbines all the way down to sea level to harvest more of the energy
Blimp reservoirs!