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Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:09 PM
Subject: Heating and Power
I know some debates have surfaced over batteries. The pro's for
batteries as I see them are:
Provide a weight near the nose section for gravity
Self contained internal power (no extension cords)
The batteries need to power the heating elements and the water propulsion.
We know they aren't very powerful or long lasting but might do the trick for
a general test on if our design will go through the ice at all. Also after
thinking about the water being cycled through the design, heated inside, and
then jetted out through the head, can we hook up an alternator to produce
electric charge back to the batteries like in a car? Like in a hydroelectric
plant using moving water to produce electric.
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What you're talking about is a perpetual-motion machine -- in the very
process of absorbing part of the moving water's kinetic energy to generate
electricity, you're naturally going to slow the water down a lot so it won't
be as effective in tunneling. The energy to heat it and move it (which is
substantial) has to come from SOMEWHERE originally.
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