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Our aim i s to buy land so high in altitude that any creek or stream on our property will never be financially worth damming up.
Not large scale, no. But I'm sure if the elevation and the flow of water permit, there might be some good natural conditions for some micro-hydro application. Could be interesting.
Now if we could only figure out how to propel a moto with undetonated landmines, those are a nearly unlimited free resouce.
Hahahah! But no! What? Do you still have lots of undetonated landmines out there? And to use them in motors? Okay, it would make sense, once you've recovered them safely. And what better way is there to deal with them, right? And can you imagine people riding around on their landmine motorbikes? It blows the mind.
Funny you mention that, water rights laws in the US and any power produced from them often belongs to the electric company, so that is a sensitive subject. In Cambodia things are a little more wild west and I'm sure as long as we didn't create an eyesore or dam the creek in any way, we could easily generate electricity from the creek for our needs. Years ago I remember something called a JackRabbit (I think), and it was basically a water turbine for small streams. portable and small. I think a Cambodian version could be made with a boat propeller and a car alternator or something like that.
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