Sentences with phrase «water uphill»

Not too long ago, Mat posted about the Searaser wave power generator — a device that uses the power of sea swells to pump water uphill and generate electricity on land.

This is very expensive since power must be used to pump water uphill during off peak periods and the construction of artificial lakes that is often required at two different elevations is quite expensive and is usually opposed by environmental groups.

Excess wind power generated from both locations under certain weather conditions could be used to pump water uphill in Tasmania's dams for pumped storage.

This system, introduced in the early 1900s and used around the world, uses excess power to pump water uphill, and then generates power when it is released back down.

ie, pumping water uphill when power is cheap and generating power when demand is high.

Lots of others have tried lots of ways to wriggle and twist and push water uphill and every other diversionary technique they can manage.

Dozens of ideas have been tried and found wanting, including flywheels, compressed air, pumping water uphill, and mammoth ultracapacitors.

And of course existing techniques for load management such as pumped storage (sending water uphill when electricity is plentiful; using a downhill flow later to drive a generator) can be scaled up.

If like me you only dabble online with PvP on occasion and only stick to it when something really hooks you, often PvP feels like kicking water uphill.

And yes, the central relationship is between two women — we're resisting the handy «lesbian movie» tag up front because, while we can't push water uphill, neither do we want to contribute to the reductive categorisation of a film that deserves as wide an audience as possible.

Other forms of energy stockpiling, such as pumping water uphill to later flow back down through hydropower generators, are attractive but limited in scope.

Compressing air or pumping water uphill are more promising, but the opportunities to do that are limited by the number of caverns and the availability of water and reservoirs.

@jt Yes «strengthen the spine» My kingdom for a beast of a DM a 25 goal a season striker Hit the decks a running and spin those guns around Give 110 %, work your socks off, snuff out attacks, be clinical in front of goal kill the game off, go to the next level, instigate attacks, create opportunities, turn water into wine, straw into gold, all with a generous dollop of mental strength But «jt» we are just casting pearls... pushing water uphill with a rake «The spine the spine where 4 art thou»

It's like trying to pour water uphill.

Giant pumps can now reverse the flow of rivers and move water uphill to arid land farms that have become key cogs in our nation's not - so - local industrial food system.

Follow the tumbling waters uphill for scenic views and a rope swing favoured by backpackers or downstream for a shady, shallow swimming area popular with families.

Not exact matches

~ Jeremy Taylor, «Where People Fly and Water Runs Uphill»

But water still does not run uphill.

Zen Buddhism — Water doesn't run uphill when the moon sings.

The water of a stream never flows uphill, a goose never becomes a fox, or a fox a goose.

Thank you to our lovely co-hosts: Baby Costcutters, Ottawa Mommy Club, The Penny Hoarder, The Link Fairy, Stay a Stay at Home Mom and Water Rolls Uphill.

Try paced water feeding — when baby sits up when taking a bottle and baby is doing the working with an uphill flow, where they're doing the work.

Normal kids find it frustrating to copy a picture containing a visual illusion, such as M. C. Escher's drawing in which water flows uphill.

Surplus power could be used for charging electric vehicles and for «pumped storage,» where water is pumped uphill into a reservoir to produce hydropower later.

It was like learning that you could make a form of water that flowed uphill.

In other words, creating nucleotides from their components in water is like pushing a rock uphill, while the reverse reaction, the conversion of nucleotides to their pieces in water, is like rolling a rock downhill.

Then they scooped them up and loaded them into a backpack filled with about 35 pounds of oxygenated water and hiked 2 1/2 miles uphill to Grace Lake.

Many of Rick Pierson's comments are correct, in particular his identification of what scientists call the water problem: the fact that the reaction of a phosphate with ribose and nucleobases to form a nucleotide is energetically uphill in water.

Helicopters attacked it with water and flame retardant, but the fire raced uphill into a dense mixed - conifer forest and burned uncontrollably for three weeks.

Hydroelectric plants, for instance, often draw on reservoirs to generate additional electricity at peak times, and then pump some of the water back uphill in off - peak periods.

From there, he hypothesized, water under enormous pressure from the ice above would flow in strange ways — horizontally or even uphill, seemingly defying gravity.

Ecologist Álvaro Palma of Pontifical Catholic University of Chile in Santiago, who had dispatched the team of five to the island, says the group scrambled uphill from their house near shore to avoid the wall of water.

Water flows uphill to money, runs an old saw.

Water turns the wheel and is redirected uphill back to the mouth of the flume, where it can once again pour over the wheel in an endless cycle.

To complicate matters, the optimum elevations for some plant species are shifting downhill tracking changes in water availability, as opposed to simply moving uphill, tracking changes in temperature (Crimmins et al. 2011).

It is much like having to push a heavy rock (the ion), from a deep valley (the water), uphill into the oil.

When you're used to chugging things that are sweet, it makes drinking more water a real uphill battle.

The body naturally wants to be healthy and fertile, but in a world where we are constantly bombarded by toxins in our food, air, water, and environment, it can be an uphill battle.

Is something in the water?!? I swear everyone I know + their mom has had to deal with something crazy big / bad / sad this week (including one of fur babies, Moose, but he's on the uphill now — thanks for all of ya on Instagram who sent well wishes!).

The uphill climbs, the smooth roads, the muddy waters and the steps taken to move forward despite the distractors.

The above exercises should be easily performed more definitively plus other activities may be restarted: walking through water (better than swimming), walking (especially up stairs or uphill), and «dancing» (holding the pet up by his front legs and walking him on his hind legs).

6:00 a.m.: Uphill hike to the Incan City of Machu Picchu, Wonder of the Modern World, located among abrupt mountains and almost inaccessible places, presenting a set of houses, squares, stairways, towers, walls, water fountains, ceremonial places, such as the Intiwatana (Solar observatory), sacred temples and benched terraces, with an incredible urban harmony, displaying the Incan engineering's high level of development.

A 30 - minute trek uphill (take water) at Bohey Dulang offers a spectacular view of the surrounding coral - fringed islands, the rim of an ancient volcano where the sea turns every imaginable shade of blue.

Take an easy uphill stroll to twin lookouts for spectacular vistas over Hill Inlet's turquoise waters and white sweeping sands — a highly significant area to the Ngaro people.

Uphill tourist bus ride to the Incan City of Machu Picchu, Wonder of the Modern World, located among abrupt mountains and almost inaccessible places, presenting a set of houses, squares, stairways, towers, walls, water fountains, ceremonial places, such as the Intiwatana (Solar observatory), sacred temples and benched terraces, with an incredible urban harmony, displaying the Incan engineering's high level of development.

They have private Twin, Double and Triple rooms, with small private bathrooms and hot gas water system, it has one of the best locations in town, far enough from the riverside so it is not noisy, being very central at the foot of the bridge, only a few blocks from Train and Bus Station and you do n`t have to do anymore long uphill hikes to get to your room!

An optional uphill hike takes you to the back of Darwin Crater, filled with salt water.

Day One — Mountain biking from the top of Abra Malaga (4350m a.s.l) to Huamanmarca (starts out cold and wet, finishes warm and sunny — protective gear is provided), optional white water rafting in Santa Maria (very wet — ineffective plastic clothing is provided so just wear swimwear underneath), one hour uphill hike through the jungle.

They have private Twin, Double and Triple rooms, with small private bathrooms and hot gas water system, it has one of the best locations in town, far enough from the riverside so it is not noisy, being very central at the foot of the bridge, only a few blocks from Train and right near the Buses and you do n`t have to do anymore long uphill hikes to get to your room!

Whether that means switching from paper to cloth towels, conserving water, or abandoning disposable cutlery in favor of durable alternatives, «going green» doesn't have to be an uphill battle.