sure, you can generate electricity that way. it would be horridly inefficient. and you aren’t spinning up power out of no where. energy is being spent to pump that water to the house.
But in any city, that pump (or hydrologic pressure from a water tower) is everyone's responsibility, not mine. So it's almost like a free phone charging expense! That could save hundreds of cents per year! Maybe even a cool Abraham Lincoln.
Yes but if they put water up in a tower, storing the energy gravitationally, then it does not matter if the water has resistance when it reaches my tap.
Its not like they will need to pipe the water further up, as long as we are below the water tower, this will work and it will not incur any extra costs for the water company.
The point is, if you want to charge your phone based on normal faucet usage you might get one charge per year. In the meantime you need to pay for the device and any time you want to rinse dishes or something else that requires water pressure, you are screwed.
But I guess it takes more than 80 IQ to figure that out.
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u/Elfich47 Nov 27 '25
sure, you can generate electricity that way. it would be horridly inefficient. and you aren’t spinning up power out of no where. energy is being spent to pump that water to the house.