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173 points zeristor | 3 comments | 03 Sep 25 10:49 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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drcongo ◴[03 Sep 25 11:53 UTC] No.45114677[source]▶
This is excellent. Led me to discover this mini hydro generator: https://courtfarmdorset.co.uk/water-wheel/
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mnw21cam ◴[03 Sep 25 12:36 UTC] No.45114983[source]▶
Just a minute while I cringe at the units.
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1. dreamcompiler ◴[03 Sep 25 13:59 UTC] No.45115912[source]▶
I've seen worse.

But yeah, "11 kW per hour" is meaningless.

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2. dreamcompiler ◴[03 Sep 25 14:05 UTC] No.45115979[source]▶
Unless they're talking about the second derivative of energy I suppose: "My energy accelerates at 11kWh per hour per hour!"

Which is not a thing anybody ever does. Oh wait, it matters for peaking power plants and Marx generators but there you'd use Joules/sec/sec rather than kWh/h/h.

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3. tialaramex ◴[03 Sep 25 19:19 UTC] No.45119494[source]▶
Surely in that world you're mostly working with latency not some sort of "acceleration". 10 outfits who can each deliver 100MW in 5-10 seconds, does not give you 100MW in a second, it gives you 1GW in 5-10 seconds.