So, what would happen if the locks were removed and water could flow unopposed from the high side to the low side? Could this be used to generate electricity?
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a) yes
b) the flow would be insufficient to change the actual levels of the sea (by many many orders of magnitude)12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Though a difference of 6 metres over ~60 km is a dumbass way to generate hydro...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Originally posted by Kuciwalker
So it'd be a virtually limitless source of power.
There are already much more available hydroelectric sources...12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Originally posted by Smiley
So, what would happen if the locks were removed and water could flow unopposed from the high side to the low side?Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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what if they dug it deep enough so that it was a straight shot."I hope I get to punch you in the face one day" - MRT144, Imran Siddiqui
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SDee my post.12-17-10 Mohamed Bouazizi NEVER FORGET
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Originally posted by MRT144
what if they dug it deep enough so that it was a straight shot.
edit: I guess I could see how it would work. I was thinking there was greater than 6 m height difference. I was envisioning a fast white water rapid. Ships would not be able to traverse that. But 6 m over such a long distance wouldn't have too high a rate of water flow. It coudld work I suppose.
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Be better off building generators for the Gulf Current.Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree...
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The water in the Panama canal is fresh water from the Chagres River, which is short but has a heavy volume- most of the canal is an artificial lake. And the land is uneven, the canal is NOT straight, so getting rid of the lock would not create much flow at all, if any. This was a fundamentally different dig from Suez.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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IN fact, the locks are mainly to get ships high enough to traverse the Canal, which is at a higher level than either Oceans.
In essence, ships come from either side, get lifted to cross the artificial lake over the highlands, get to the other set of locks, they are brought down, and the trip continues.If you don't like reality, change it! me
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