OK. inventors, get busy! I generate a lot of energy just paddling. So why not hook up a harness or some quickly releasable (for safety purposes) apparatus so that my paddle strokes translate into "pump" action for a water purification set? Maybe a paddle stroke could translate into one-forth of a manual stroke on the water purification set to decrease any extra effort to paddle. But the accumulative action of paddling could translate into a lot of water purification set pumping action. Give it some thought! *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Why not let hull displacement and gravity do the work for you? It would mean drilling a hole through the hull (preferably at the deepest point below the waterline) epoxy a fitting in place and attaching the desalination membrane to the fitting. Gravity and would do the pumping. If the fitting were to scoop water as you paddled forward the extra pressure would increase flow. Outrageous but maybe????? ----- Original Message ----- From: <linwarfl_at_aol.com> To: <PaddleWise_at_paddlewise.net> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2001 8:57 AM > OK. inventors, get busy! I generate a lot of energy just paddling. So why > not hook up a harness or some quickly releasable (for safety purposes) > apparatus so that my paddle strokes translate into "pump" action for a water > purification set? Maybe a paddle stroke could translate into one-forth of a > manual stroke on the water > purification set to decrease any extra effort to paddle. But the accumulative > action of paddling could translate into a lot of water purification set > pumping action. Give it some thought! > > > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed > here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire > responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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