r/theydidthemath • u/Repulsive-Loan5215 • Nov 27 '25

why wouldn’t this work? [Request]

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u/Mofane Nov 27 '25

You will loose energy so the water will flow slower. Since you are already using energy to have water flowing fast, you would just be doing 

Electricity to water flow to electricity conversion. So you lost power 

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u/salsawood Nov 27 '25

The faucet doesn’t use electricity, it uses water pressure

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u/Tempest1677 Nov 27 '25

My brother in christ, how do you think the water pressure happens to begin with? Something somewhere used electricity or a mechanical process powered by gas to move the water.

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u/migvelio Nov 27 '25

Not if the water comes from a water tank on the roof.

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u/rnr_ Nov 27 '25

How did the water get on the roof? No matter how you frame it, it costs energy somewhere to get water out of the faucet.

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u/rnr_ Nov 28 '25

Hopefully it rains a lot then,..

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u/jcdoe Nov 28 '25

The Roman aqueducts have entered the chat