Anybody Seen the Sept. 2004 Popular Mechanics yet?

 Several alternative energy ideas starting on page 17... Don

 


and...?

 

Just got my copy.  Page 17 is a pipe dream.  The idea as stated is to
capitalize on the difference in barometric pressure in different parts of the
country by connecting them with a four to six foot diameter pipe and sticking a
turbine in the middle of the pipe to harness the "supersonic" airflow. The
developer and patent holder, Anthony Mamo, claims to be a former research
director for Borg-Warner.  I'm guessing that Borg Warner must have found out
about his lack of knowledge concerning friction within pipes.

 

sticking a

Sounds feasible though. The problem is the enormous cost of building very
log large pipelines just to turn one genny.  Unless they can be built up the
side of a mountain, or very deep valleys.

 

     Then it is NOT feasible.  Right?


       Why not build a pipe right up into space.  With sea level pressure at one
end and a vacuum at the other, you could generate enormous amounts of energy as
our atmosphere escaped into space.  Right?  Do you see any physical problems
with that idea?

Vaughn