I may be and idiot and this question may have already been asked but I'm asking anyway: Why doen't the braintrust on Atlantis devise a way to use the ocean's currents to produce hydroelectric power to power the city?
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Originally posted by Bluefox75I may be and idiot and this question may have already been asked but I'm asking anyway: Why doen't the braintrust on Atlantis devise a way to use the ocean's currents to produce hydroelectric power to power the city?
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The city already has water purification facilities so it likely theres some kind of HEP going on, perhaps to power the lighting in corridors etc. But its not worth a full scale plant, atlantis is a power drainer on a scale never seen by HEP engineers. they wouldnt know where to start.sigpic
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Originally posted by immhotepThe city already has water purification facilities so it likely theres some kind of HEP going on, perhaps to power the lighting in corridors etc. But its not worth a full scale plant, atlantis is a power drainer on a scale never seen by HEP engineers. they wouldnt know where to start.
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errm...thats not what he meant.
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Ocean hydroelectric is not efficient even IRL, not to mention destructive. The cleanest forms of energy we have is Solar and Nuclear, nuclear giving much more power than any other form, however still wouldn't give enough to begin powering Atlantis.You know what I think?
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Originally posted by Orbital-BurnOcean hydroelectric is not efficient even IRL, not to mention destructive. The cleanest forms of energy we have is Solar and Nuclear, nuclear giving much more power than any other form, however still wouldn't give enough to begin powering Atlantis.
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Originally posted by rarocks24Which really doesn't make any sense. I mean, hell, a naquadah generator won't even power a freakin' chair. What I don't get is why don't they just create a microsingularity (a micro black hole), put it in some sort of containment device, and just draw the power from that?
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Originally posted by rarocks24Which really doesn't make any sense. I mean, hell, a naquadah generator won't even power a freakin' chair. What I don't get is why don't they just create a microsingularity (a micro black hole), put it in some sort of containment device, and just draw the power from that?All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing-Edmund Burke
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Originally posted by Eberhardtoh yeah a micro black hole that we have to feed to get energy, whats next a bunch of hampsters running in the little wheels??? i say we just keep trying to tap other dimentions, who ares if it messes them up?All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing-Edmund Burke
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Originally posted by jds1982Oh well of course it's so simple now! Nah actually they do have artificial gravity generators, so theoretically in the SG verse it's possible (for humans, I know other races already can do it). The problem I see with that is...McKay. He has a habit of making small problems really big problems. Now correct me if I'm wrong but the only energy a black hole emits is periodic spurts of X-rays which are a result of it gobbling up matter. So they would have to feed their black hole to get power. Well I suppose we've found a new use for the Athosians.
i dont think that the asgard anti gravity generatorys are any where close to strough enough a black hole even very small has a ton of gravity
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Originally posted by ur uncle urgoi dont think that the asgard anti gravity generatorys are any where close to strough enough a black hole even very small has a ton of gravityAll that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing-Edmund Burke
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