Posted by Dan-IA on November 29, 2007 at 17:28:45 from (216.51.179.77):
In Reply to: O.T. Energy Source posted by NEsota on November 29, 2007 at 17:11:46:
I'm personally a fan of covering the manure ponds near cattle lots and city water treatment plants, capturing the methane, and burning it in an LP-gas engine tied to a generator. Smells better, and is productive too!
And something called an "earth battery" which is a zinc rod (a common bolt) in the dirt packed inside a copper pipe, all driven into the ground like a ground rod.
And the tesla version of a solar cell: an insulated metal plate way on top of the tallest structure you have, like a lightning rod. And similarly grounded, but with a capacitor and spark gap inline. Supposedly it works like a battery charger. Bigger the insulated plate and the higher it is, the better.
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