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1micro hydro anyone? Empty micro hydro anyone? Wed Mar 02, 2011 2:30 pm

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http://www.govtech.com/technology/Colorado-Hydropower-Irrigation-Ditches-030111.html

basically using ditches/irrigation canals to generate small amounts of electricity.

Interesting. VERY interesting.

Wind can be very unreliable to use to power a house. But if you have a creek nearby and you just need to drop a small unit in the creek...

2micro hydro anyone? Empty Re: micro hydro anyone? Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:23 pm

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I could drop one in the Assiniboine and run a loooooong extension cord.....

3micro hydro anyone? Empty Re: micro hydro anyone? Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:25 pm

grumpy old man

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That would have been fine until they chopped up Assiniboine Avenue for the bike lobby. Now there is no room on that street for an extension cord...

4micro hydro anyone? Empty Re: micro hydro anyone? Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:32 pm

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Those cyclists likely would steal it too. Smile

5micro hydro anyone? Empty Re: micro hydro anyone? Wed Mar 02, 2011 3:41 pm

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JTF wrote:I could drop one in the Assiniboine and run a loooooong extension cord.....

wouldn;t that be neat?

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