Power

[kendor]

There's a lot of talk about using alternative forms of generating power such as wind,wave,solar etc. but what about Rain Power? if they could come up with a device that can convert it into electricity then with the amount of rain we get, we would become a super power supplying power to the whole world!

 

[AdamW]

I suppose Hydro is just an indirect form of rain and solar power. The sun heats the sea, it evaporates. Goes over land, rains down at high level, flows down the river until it hits a dam (not adam) There it generates electricity by virtue of gravity.

So, if it wasn't for the fact that all our rivers are tiny, we could quite easily harness rain power.

 

[kendor]

I suppose we could have small impellers underneath each drain cover driving small generators

 

[mildmanneredjanitor]

So, if it wasn't for the fact that all our rivers are tiny, we could quite easily harness rain power.

Boscastle...

 

[pipme]

I suppose Hydro is just an indirect form of rain and solar power. The sun heats the sea, it evaporates. Goes over land, rains down at high level, flows down the river until it hits a dam (not adam) There it generates electricity by virtue of gravity.

So, if it wasn't for the fact that all our rivers are tiny, we could quite easily harness rain power.

The Severn estuary Read me ...
We built two bridges ..... "DAMn !!" As I am sure old Brunel would have cried !!

 

[AdamW]

Severn Estuary? Would that require a dam, or a god dam?

 

[pipme]

Severn Estuary? Would that require a dam, or a god dam?

An electric-highway would be nice !! More viable by the day !!

P

 

[jasy]

The money spent on the 2 severn bridges and the tunnel would have been better spent on a ...................................WALL

 

[AdamW]

Yeh, keep those English b*stards out

Has anyone ever proposed damming the Ganges? That would be a bit of a mission... not to mention you would pretty much entirely flood the whole of Bangladesh.

 

[AdamW]

The money spent on the 2 severn bridges and the tunnel would have been better spent on a ...................................WALL

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/3715512.stm

The bu**ers!

 

[pipme]

Yeh, keep those English b*stards out ....... pretty much entirely flood the whole of Bangladesh.

That is ok bring them on.....Greet them here with .............. "Croeso i Gymru" and "You have to apply for financial aid in welsh to ‘St. Mary’s Church in the hollow of the white hazel near to the rapid whirlpool of Llantysilio of the red cave’ more commmonly refered to as Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch Please enclose stamped addressed envelope, send via Taumatawhakatangihangakoauauotamateaturipukakapikimaungahoronukupokaiwhenuakitanatahu, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. Thank you. bach"

 

[AdamW]

I know you jest, but I actually know a Bengali Welshman...

 

[pipme]

I know you jest, but I actually know a Bengali Welshman...

Tom J ?
Jest ? me !! ... I knew a Jamaican Irishman ... thought he was Muhammedpadee ...and could "Float like de bee and sting like de flutterby ... bejasus" ... He was so funny ... the accent was amazing !!

P

 

[AdamW]

It's funny how you associate certain appearances with certain accents, and when you hear the "wrong" accent it makes you go "Eh?"

A friend of mine, I always assumed her dad was northern because he just looks like he should have a Yorkshire accent. I had seen him but never heard him speak. When I finally heard him he had a terribly posh southern accent. Really startled me!

And someone else I know who looks like she should sound really posh, opened her mouth and sounded like the "Not the Nine O Clock News" take on Janet Street Porter.