Pump the water up over the mountain. Put a turbine at the bottom on the other side. According to the law of conservation of energy, you’ll generate the exact amount of power to pump the water up, so it wouldn’t even cost anything to run.
I know it’s an unstable part of the world but I think if you had a strong enough military presence around the pumping and turbine stations you could reduce the energy losses to a negligible amount.
Energy losses are due to resistance. Military can’t do shit. Have you read anything about electricity? Specific resistance and all. It’s basic information, look it up.
This is exactly why a military presence is needed. If the military can quell the resistance force fighting against the canal/waterway, then the energy losses from sabotage and theft would be minimized. A strong military presense is the only way to deal with this problem.
Are you fucking with me? Specific resistance refers to the conductors, copper, aluminum, silver, etc. An amount is lost to to it, and over long distances it adds up.
Yes. This is a NCD post about building a 200km canal through mountians. I understand that pumping water through a mountian range will not work to transport tanker ships.
Pump the water up over the mountain. Put a turbine at the bottom on the other side. According to the law of conservation of energy, you’ll generate the exact amount of power to pump the water up, so it wouldn’t even cost anything to run.
Why even pump it? Let it evaporate naturally, and it will eventually just rain down on its own.
The boats need the water pumped to ride the current up the mountain.
You make a compelling argument, sir.
We are not completely efficient in energy, we lose a lot in the process. You will take more, and how do you not know that already?
I know it’s an unstable part of the world but I think if you had a strong enough military presence around the pumping and turbine stations you could reduce the energy losses to a negligible amount.
Energy losses are due to resistance. Military can’t do shit. Have you read anything about electricity? Specific resistance and all. It’s basic information, look it up.
This is exactly why a military presence is needed. If the military can quell the resistance force fighting against the canal/waterway, then the energy losses from sabotage and theft would be minimized. A strong military presense is the only way to deal with this problem.
Are you fucking with me? Specific resistance refers to the conductors, copper, aluminum, silver, etc. An amount is lost to to it, and over long distances it adds up.
Yes. This is a NCD post about building a 200km canal through mountians. I understand that pumping water through a mountian range will not work to transport tanker ships.
At this point I can’t even tell if you’re serious