Doctor Hu:
Neige Three Gorges Dam is about 600 feet high chabuduo, right? And that height (plus elevation plus water volume) is essentially what gives it hydroelectric gravitational power, right??
Well, let's compare that to some other very high structures in order to illustrate a point. The Taipei 101, the Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, the Sears Tower in Chicago, the Jin Mao Building in Shanghai, the TIFC in Hong Kong, the CITIC plaza in Guangzhou, Shun Hing Square in Shenzhen, the Empire State Building in New York, Central Plaza in Hong Kong, and the BoC in Hong Kong are EACH at least twice that high. The Petronas Twin Towers stand over 2.5 times higher, reside in a region that receives nearly 100 inches of rainfall each year, and bear a footprint of, perhaps, 35,000 square feet per tower (x2).
And yet, not a single one of these structures produces a single calorie of their own power.
Isn't it possible that instead of looking further out over the horizon into the last few remaining depths of untapped natural resources amongst the unspoiled wilderness, perhaps we should instead be looking farther up into the verizon with an eye towards maximizing the usage of ALL of the readily available renewable energy resources at the point of usage.?.
This way, we may at the very least defray the amount of imported and transported energy types that the high-density communities surrounding superscrapers consume, not just with integrative solar photovoltaics for when it is sunny, but also with hydroelectric energy for when it is raining, and also wind power for the times in between.
This approach can be especially useful when structures are built so high that the wind will always blow strong and consistent at their top up in the atmosphere, regardless of the relative windspeed and condition of the surrounding terrain at ground level of the below.
In addition, this approach offers the advantage of allowing us to move our initial point of water management up on the vertical axis, thereby enabling us to more effectively manage, filter, and distribute it throughout the agricultural, potable, and reclaimed water systems more effectively.
Perhaps it is high time we welcomed Our Falling Sky with open arms and waiting mouths.
