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mikepurvis on June 21, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Towing a Tesla at 70 MPH replenishes battery at fa...

Right, but that's about maintaining pressure and supply when everyone wants a shower at the same time in the morning, not about harvesting the energy of it all flowing downhill.

ClumsyPilot on June 22, 2021 [–]

Pressure is energy

bigiain on June 22, 2021 | [–]

Nope.

Energy is force times distance. You need to know more than just pressure to calculate energy.

(A bicycle tire at 120psi has a lot less energy than a truck tire at 90psi.)

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