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Posted Fri Feb 20 2015: from Fast Company: Portland's New Pipes Harvest Power From Drinking Water http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1424476424 If you live in Portland, your lights may now be partly powered by your drinking water. An ingenious new system captures energy as water flows through the city's pipes, creating hydropower without the negative environmental effects of something like a dam. Small turbines in the pipes spin in the flowing water, and send that energy into a generator. [Read more stories about: alternative energy, sustainability, technical cleverness] New!: No reader quips yet -- be the first! Got a PaniQuip? Your Quip (limit 140 characters, no links, just wit): First name: The text shown in the Web image to the right: We reserve the right to reuse, remove, or refuse any entry.

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