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What exactly is the energy source of tides?
Tides happen due to the gravitational interactions between the Earth and the Moon. We can say that the tides are pulled by the Moon's gravitational field and so it keeps on changing as it moves out of ...
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Is gravitational energy usable and could it be depleted?
Let's take for example a tidal stream generator. We know that tides are a consequence of the Moon gravity, we know that mass is connected with gravity, so is this mean that
(1) we use Gravitational ...
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Where does the energy from tidal power plants come from? [duplicate]
Tidal power plants taps into the energy in the motion of the oceans due to the gravitational interaction between the earth and the moon, so much is clear to me. This question is about where would this ...
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Is it possible to generate energy by the moon orbit?
My question could be a little bit surreal, but I was thinking about this:
A hydroeletric plant transform the energy from the water passing through the turbines into electricity. Correct?
If the ...
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Would the Moon drift away from the Earth due to extraction of tidal energy? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Why does the moon drift away from earth?
It seems to me that, due to conservation of energy, the moon would drift away from the Earth if humans began extracting large amounts ...
