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Before we get too, too, smug about this if you view the Manhattan skyline, particularly downtown (e.g., SOHO/Tribeca) you'll see house-sized water tanks on many, many buildings, particularly 3-10 story older buildings. I assume due to inadequate water pressure but I honestly don't know why they're there, but they're all over. I don't know if they're quite large enough for the proposed use, but their existence would seem to defy most of the objections asserted below. On November 19, 2002 at 13:43 [email protected] (blitz) wrote: > > 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. > > > Next: > > You cant store large amounts of propane inside an occupied building, I cant > imagine any FD allowing it. We had an example in a nearby city some years > ago, a 500 gallon propane tank leaked and exploded inside a brick > building, leveled a city block and killed 12 firefighters. Nahh... > > Fuel cells, run on natural gas are the best idea I've heard to date, and > the safest if you're confined to upper floors, but youre talking BIG $$$ > here...whats wrong with batteries, a natural gas genny and a converter > system, telco style? If this is all about diesel storage, why not put the > tanks/gennys in the basement or lower more secure floors? (Im assuming > burial is out of the question in NYC) That way a small day tank would > suffice at the upper floors. > > Marc > > > > >Now, figure out how many kw you need to run a telecom hotel, and you'll > >know just how large your tank needs to be (and how much weight the > >building structure is going to have to support). Even if you assume > >100% efficiency, the tank is still going to me, um, rather largish. > > > > -- Brett -- -Barry Shein Software Tool & Die | [email protected] | http://www.TheWorld.com Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: 617-739-0202 | Login: 617-739-WRLD The World | Public Access Internet | Since 1989 *oo*
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