You quoted the following;
John Collins wrote;
> Hydro-electricity taps gravity, my grandfather clock taps gravity,..
Ross Tessien replied;
> No they don't. Hydro does not tap into energy from gravity.
> It taps into energy from the sun heating and vaporizing the water.
To which I responded;
>> Wrong Ross, hydropower is the flow of the water that is being
>> pushed by the downflow of gravity (or the attraction to the earth,
>> your choice), how the water got up there is another matter ENTIRELY.
To which Michael responded;
>>> Wrong Ross & Decker!!! (sorry) Let's trace this back> Electricity
>>> is generated from the Turbine, wich spins because of the falling
>>> water that is "Pulled" by Gravity and the water is falling because
>>> "solar" (heat) energy of evaporation "elevated" the water so it
>>> could fall BUT the Sun itself is a nuclear powerd BECAUSE THE FORCE
>>> OF GRAVITY COMPRESSES THE HYDROGEN TOGETHER SO THERE CAN BE NUCLEAR
>>> FUSION!!! Without Gravity the Sun itself would not burn!!!! Hence!
>>> Gravity=Electricity in this senerio. (That's the way I see
>>> it anyhow) - RackEm98
Re-read the original statement that 'hydro-electricity taps gravity'
Hydro=water when combined with electricity means electricity produced
from the flow of water..
So we have electricity produced from the flow of water due to gravity.
The point stands, gravity causes the downflow of water that turns the
turbine. Therefore gravity produces the electricity from the turbine
blade rotation of the falling water.
This is the kind of inane arguing that dissipates focus from the
bottomline of hardware, which is what this list is about, so I'm outta
this, better things to do than split hairs and wrestle with
trolls..<g>..BTW, congrats on being kin to Greg.
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