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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #25 on: December 15, 2010, 12:20:13 AM »
But that would take billions of years!  :mad:
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #26 on: December 15, 2010, 06:04:29 AM »
Quote from: AJ Dual on December 14, 2010, 11:22:15 PM
You could just gather a whole bunch of Hydrogen together until it collapses under it's own gravitation fusion is initiated, and then just receive the energy by orbiting about it.

Even better...if solar energy is so great, why don't we find a way to ignite Jupiter...then we'll have TWO suns and all the solar energy we can handle....  =D
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #27 on: December 15, 2010, 07:39:07 AM »
Quote from: seeker_two on December 15, 2010, 06:04:29 AM
Even better...if solar energy is so great, why don't we find a way to ignite Jupiter...then we'll have TWO suns and all the solar energy we can handle....  =D


It's been done.  ;).... 2010, the year we make contact.
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #28 on: December 16, 2010, 05:11:06 PM »
How about Wave Powered Generators??  Seeems more feasible and there is now one operating just off of the shore on Oahu's winward side.

http://liveshots.blogs.foxnews.com/2010/12/16/wave-power/?test=latestnews
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #29 on: December 19, 2010, 08:51:02 AM »
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Pacer... That the underground h-bomb and molten (salt?) rock to make on-demand geothermal scheme? Is this around the time of "use nukes to dig Panama Canal II" or later?

Underground A-bomb in massive reinforced container of salt.
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #30 on: December 19, 2010, 09:33:55 AM »
Quote from: scout26 on December 15, 2010, 07:39:07 AM

It's been done.  ;).... 2010, the year we make contact.

I think they're late...  =D
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #31 on: December 19, 2010, 07:13:50 PM »
Quote from: erictank on December 19, 2010, 09:33:55 AM
I think they're late...  =D

Nope, they still got a couple of days.  If they haven't already took a good look around and then skedaddled back to their home planet.
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Re: Tidal Generators
« Reply #32 on: December 20, 2010, 08:28:05 PM »
All these worlds are yours except Europa.  Attempt no landing there.
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