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Who here planning to take the /waterwheel/ pill?
Its probably the best source of free energy for long term isolated use.
>in the right climate will work all seasons, rain or shine
>non perishable as long as you dont get drought or cut off upstream
>can be hooked up to power anything from milling grains, producing electricity, cutting wheels, grinding aparatus, pumps..
>all parts are largely simple and easy to fix with woodwork
Much as I love solar, its all factory production parts and poor to useless in overcast weather.
Wind is unreliable.
Most fuels are perishable or extremely labor intensive to keep operating.
Bout the only thing that could have a run for its money is some kind of submarine style small nuclear reactor or geological volcanic heat exchange system. But are way too rare and technical to implement and maintain.
