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Finally, some way to a positive use for all those redtop newspapers.
Collect the papers, put between two boards, place in chamber with layer of water, the chamber has a flexible panel. As the water is sucked up by capillary action, it creates a vacuum, flexing the panel which is connected to a generator.
Repeat.
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(A) I don't understand this and (B) you will need to replace or dry out the newspapers at each step. |
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and ( C ) something something mumble mumble oh ... never mind. Duff ? |
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//I don't understand this |
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Hmmm. Ok...I might go for a re-write of this. just using gravity. Lots of newspaper aligned vertically in a container which can slide vertically on two or more poles*, with the bottom of the newspapers dipped into water. |
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The water will sneak up the paper due to capillary action and so the container gets heavier, and exerts more force downwards on [a machine that makes electricity, of your choice]. |
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Last stage of the process is sling away the soggy newspapers, and start again. |
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//Duff.
Meaning - no good, doesn't work, etc. Not to be confused with 'up the duff', or Duff Cooper, or Hilary Duff. |
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This is about reusing, recycling and global warming. Right?
What does redtop mean. |
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//Last stage of the process is sling away the soggy newspapers, and start again. // |
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Ah, but there is a better way. Give the soggy newspapers to the homeless to sleep under - their body heat will dry them out, and they can then be reclaimed and reused. |
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[pashute] a "redtop" is a tabloid newspaper of the lower classes, so called because the Sun (one such paper, in the UK) has its title printed in red. |
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// Give the soggy newspapers to the homeless to sleep under - their body heat will dry them out, and they can then be reclaimed and reused. // |
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On cold nights, this will rapidly induce potentially fatal hypothermia. |
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Utter brilliance - dry newspaper for re-use, and the deceased homeless can be quietly reprocessed into soap, lampshades, bonemeal and petfood*. [++++] doubleplusgood ! |
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*And, of course, Soylent Green... |
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