Power by Osmosis

[chef]

Something I've not heard of before.. an interesting concept atleast.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8377186.stm

[EternalOptimist]

Nice find chef, but the idea that a molecule of sea water is bigger than a molecule of fresh water has got to be a new low in scientific journalism.

Day after day we seem to be getting these dumb articles

[Spacecadet]

stupidest thing i've ever seen

You need 2 things for it to work
1. Salt water
2. A constantly renewed supply of fresh water e.g. a river

Surely it would be simpler to just stick a turbine in the fresh water supply

[TimberWolf]

I've heard of it before. It's like liberating fresh water from saltly water, which takes energy, but in reverse. You get salty water + a teensey bit of energy.

[Moscow Mule]

stupidest thing i've ever seen

It's a long way off the stupidest thing I've ever seen. However, I agree, it does sound impracticable.

[Spacecadet]

It's a long way off the stupidest thing I've ever seen. However, I agree, it does sound impracticable.

The last thing I read before that was Chef's link to the daily mail article so my outraged setting was set accordingly

[chef]

The last thing I read before that was Chef's link to the daily mail article so my outraged setting was set accordingly

Oy, who are you accusing of reading the Daily Mail

Insults, p1ss taking and arguments are fine but insulting me like that..

I demand you retract or correct the statement

[Spacecadet]

Oy, who are you accusing of reading the Daily Mail

Insults, p1ss taking and arguments are fine but insulting me like that..

I demand you retract or correct the statement

**** sorry, I meant clippy
Got distracted by work (my mistake) and then mixed up as to who had started which thread

[chef]

**** sorry, I meant clippy
Got distracted by work (my mistake) and then mixed up as to who had started which thread

trying to smear my good name.. tsk tsk..

[threaded]

Another attack on the poor!

I will try and explain.

One of the problems for poor people in the world is access to decent drinking water. If these people then have to compete with power plants then they're going to end up even poorer.

Much the same way that bio-diesel is causing starvation by stealing the land to grow the raw material instead of being used for food production.

Yeah, yeah, you'll all say but this is in Norway, they have plenty of fresh water. The way the world works, some poor third world country will have to buy these fscking things in exchange for aid from the first world.