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at Tuesday, November 19, 2002 6:43 PM, blitz <[email protected]> was seen to say: > One last addition to this idiotic water idea.. since the water > doesn't get up there to the reservoir on the roof by itself, add your > costs of huge pumps, plus the cost of pumping it up there, and a less > than 100% efficiency in converting falling water to electricity. > Also, add heating it in the winter to keep it liquid instead of > solid, decontamination chemicals (cant have any Leigonella bacillus > growing in there in the summer) Its all moot, as the weight factor > makes this a non-starter. Nah, you just have to think about placement; find a convenient reservoir, dig a big hole in the stone to one side of the dam, and put your datacenter there. now, about that anti-flooding insurance.... :)
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