How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future


	How a Man-Made Tornado Could Power the Future

wildcat

6-26-2008 6:27 AM

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6-26-2008 10:37 AM

cabanaben

Sounds feasible, we have windmill turbines, would have to have carbon makeup in order to protect from heat build up. Look what is being done in NY with the underwater turbines on the Hudson River, natural river current; but also using the ocean tide.

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