Guy builds his own hydroelectric dam

Damn...

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Then I’d cut it myself if it wasn’t worth their offered price.

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Build an elevated tank to catch rainwater, then use the flow from that to generate electricity?

Government will come down on him. Can't have self sufficiency.

Yeah he's history, the minutes his local legal beagles find out, the DNR, the city, the power company, and the post office are all going to be up his arse with a microscope.

I had a friend tried to hook their small wind mill into the local grid at a rural home. It went from a project that might pay off in 2-3 years before the paperwork and red tape to a project that would not pay off for 20+ years.

But hey, they want you to go green... long as you keep the money flowing.

SWB would have him take it down

It's the Lego set for adult engineers who have a ton of extra time on their hands.

Pretty cool though.

Just got back from Co. and met a friend who lives up in the San Juan mtns., during the summer. He and his fellow neighbors are totally off the grid. Solar power, water from wells in town and a outhouse. Only thing connects them to the outside world is cell phones and Direct TV. He doesn't even have an address up there. He does have a back up generator in case the solar batteries get to low.

Whitewater kayaking I have seen many setups on the rivers that were pumping power long before it was cool.

Dang that toke a lot of work and know how to power a few string of lights