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Genevieve · 09-27-2008, 11:34 AM

Hey peoples - from the other side of this beautiful country!!!!!!!!!!

A few points i want to address.

First of all - great to see you people actually making a move and getting to KNOW each other in person. There are benefits to living in a more densely populated part of the country - as there are benefits to where i am living!! There comes a point tho where all the talking in the world and all the best "plans" will achieve nothing compared to actually MAKING A MOVE!! lol
( insert Monty Pythons "This calls for immediate discussion!!" )

Bowspearer - can you elaborate further on your idea of rain providing a power source??

I am no technically qualified person but i "absorb" ideas from all sources. It has long been dream of mine that here in australia with abundant sunlight, presumably some wind flow and a shortage of water - we should learn to integrate all three.

Solar power has the limitation in that it is presumably difficult to "store" this power.

We all realise the importance to "Store" water - so any community of people would have to have a fairly large storage of water. And the flow of water itself can also be a source of power.

Wind power can be utilised by a simple windmill.

Now if you stored all you water uphill - you could use the flow of water downhill (gravity alone) to create a small power source. eg while using that water for drinking water or irrigation

If you also had a collection dam at the "base" of your system you could collect all grey water from housing and irrigation and use the windmill to pump that back up into a top dam (not the drinking water dam obviously)

Solar panels may perhaps be enough in daylight hours to regulate the flow of the uphill /downhill flow (as in computer regulated). That way at night you could again let the water down to generate a power supply via the stored energy of the uphill water??

This is described very basically but it is a system i have long thought to be feasible and achievable - i just dont have the ability to create a total system!!

I seriously wanna meet a computer geek!!! lol

Anyway - nice to meet you all.

Live Laugh Love

09-27-2008, 11:34 AM	#60
Genevieve Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: southern part of western australia Posts: 86	Re: Sydney Australia Hey peoples - from the other side of this beautiful country!!!!!!!!!! A few points i want to address. First of all - great to see you people actually making a move and getting to KNOW each other in person. There are benefits to living in a more densely populated part of the country - as there are benefits to where i am living!! There comes a point tho where all the talking in the world and all the best "plans" will achieve nothing compared to actually MAKING A MOVE!! lol ( insert Monty Pythons "This calls for immediate discussion!!" ) Bowspearer - can you elaborate further on your idea of rain providing a power source?? I am no technically qualified person but i "absorb" ideas from all sources. It has long been dream of mine that here in australia with abundant sunlight, presumably some wind flow and a shortage of water - we should learn to integrate all three. Solar power has the limitation in that it is presumably difficult to "store" this power. We all realise the importance to "Store" water - so any community of people would have to have a fairly large storage of water. And the flow of water itself can also be a source of power. Wind power can be utilised by a simple windmill. Now if you stored all you water uphill - you could use the flow of water downhill (gravity alone) to create a small power source. eg while using that water for drinking water or irrigation If you also had a collection dam at the "base" of your system you could collect all grey water from housing and irrigation and use the windmill to pump that back up into a top dam (not the drinking water dam obviously) Solar panels may perhaps be enough in daylight hours to regulate the flow of the uphill /downhill flow (as in computer regulated). That way at night you could again let the water down to generate a power supply via the stored energy of the uphill water?? This is described very basically but it is a system i have long thought to be feasible and achievable - i just dont have the ability to create a total system!! I seriously wanna meet a computer geek!!! lol Anyway - nice to meet you all. Live Laugh Love