most of your reply ...
You say that they make it so only big companies can make them. How much would it cost you to make and install a 200 KW turbine? There is a reason big companies get the contracts for that sort of thing. It takes money to make and install them
1) a river
2) a step up transmission
3) a 200 kw generator
4) a large boat propeller
what ever that would cost.
using water supply pipes to generate electricity has been around for decades.
check out the generators inside the NY city water supply lines...
but the fact that a level pipe can accomplish the same exact result is never considered.
water inside a pipe dosn't care where its elevation comes from
so a 100 mile level pipe with a 100 ft elevation at one end still delivers 43.3 psi head pressure.
now how many 200 kw generators could you fit inside a 100 mile long pipe?
you must remember that if you put more than 1 inside the 100 mile long pipe the water will not flow thru the pipe and no electricity can be generated , as scientist have previously proven.
in fact a professor of fizzics once told me that if a level pipe is long enough you could walk inside the pipe and there would be a wall of water there that you could stick your finger into.. because the water pressure calculations that he performed told him so.. he didnt exactly say it that way but that was the mental picture that I perceived as he explained his garbage .
