You mean like how the Niagara Falls power generators work? Water falls, turns a turbine, generates electricity? Of course in that scenario, the sheer quantity of the water there is what makes it viable.
The problem there is sure, you can get something to fall with gravity, but the energy required to get it back where it started so it can fall again is more than what the falling energy output would be, therefore whatever generator you have is running at a loss, it takes more power than it is giving off.
On the other hand, if we can figure out antigravity...ahh, never mind. What I am thinking is probably stupid anyway.
Fusion would provide huge bang for the buck if we could get it working. The power generated by even small reactions would put other means to shame. It's inherently far more safe than fission, with non-toxic byproducts and cheap fuel. I guess the question is just whether it's possible to create man-made, actual, sustained fusion reactions.
<strong>no, not water energy, I mean just gravity.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Essentially, falling water is harnessing the power of gravity. The water is simply a medium just like plasma would be in a fusion generator. Actually, it is a hybrid power source if you want to get technical about it. The falling water comes from gravity, but the way the water got to the elevated location is via the weather system and thus the solar energy that falls upon the earth. So you can think of the energy as being derived in a number of ways that work together.
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On the other hand, if we can figure out antigravity...ahh, never mind. What I am thinking is probably stupid anyway.
<strong>no, not water energy, I mean just gravity.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Essentially, falling water is harnessing the power of gravity. The water is simply a medium just like plasma would be in a fusion generator. Actually, it is a hybrid power source if you want to get technical about it. The falling water comes from gravity, but the way the water got to the elevated location is via the weather system and thus the solar energy that falls upon the earth. So you can think of the energy as being derived in a number of ways that work together.