From: Sayke@aol.com
Date: Fri Apr 23 1999 - 00:08:25 MDT
In a message dated 4/22/99 9:37:18 PM PST, RAF@tomco.net writes:
> A device that could controllably convert minuscule amounts of matter to
> energy in a harnessable fashion, would be the end-all be-all of power
> generation, again barring extra-dimensional power sources.
thats the second time ive noticed the phrase "extra-dimensional power
sources" being used, and i couldnt think of anything (ok, my ignorance is
showing; ill tuck it back in my pants) thats even been conceptualized that
really fit that description. so, i stared into my navel like any good terry
pratchet philosopher, and came up with the following:
//assumption one: stable wormhole tech exists.
//assumption two: the wormhole can be moved along with earths
//movement, so as to stay relativly in one place on the earth surface
<CHEESY ASCII DRAWING>
b
______________ f
| ====== e
| | ||
a: wormhole entrance
d | | ||
b: wormhole exit
| | \/
c: turbine
| |
d: some kind of tube wall...
|=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=| c e: force of
gravity pulling water down
| |
f: water input valve
|_____________ |
a
</CHEESY ASCII DRAWING>
anyway, i think ya probably get my halfassed idea. water is sprayed
into a tube, where it falls thru a turbine and then thru a wormhole, from
which it appears directly above the turbine again, and again, and again... if
the wormhole is stable and is emitted somehow from something in a strong
gravitional field, might this work?
"a fnord is a textbook example of a figment of your imagination that can eat
you"
sayke
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