Wow, Niagara Falls powers New York and Toronto

mshan242700
mshan242700 Posts: 823
edited September 2011 in The Clubhouse
Just watching Travel Channel and they said 50% of Niagara Falls is diverted to a hydro-electric plant that powers New York and Toronto.

Pretty amazing amount of power generated by those falls.




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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2010
    I tought everyone in Canada and the US would be aware of such. I guess it would make more sense to say that people in Ontario (at least Toronto), Quebec and New York would be aware of such.

    Very impressive, a little history on Niagara Falls providing hydro electricity;
    http://www.niagarafrontier.com/power.html

    If you live close by, very interesting to visit :) ;
    http://www.visiting-niagara-falls.com/niagarafallshydro.html


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    tonyb Posts: 32,957
    edited August 2010
    Common knowledge, at least I thought so. People just don't care enough to pay attention anymore I guess.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited August 2010
    tonyb wrote: »
    Common knowledge, at least I thought so. People just don't care enough to pay attention anymore I guess.
    Mind you, we don't know the location and age of the OP ;)
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  • lightman1
    lightman1 Posts: 10,788
    edited August 2010
    Good old hydro-gen. You can't beat water spinning a wheel to make the lights turn on.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    lightman1 wrote: »
    Good old hydro-gen. You can't beat water spinning a wheel to make the lights turn on.
    Dirt cheap and efficient! ;)

    I wonder behind wich bush lightman1 has been hiding lately?
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  • cnh
    cnh Posts: 13,284
    edited September 2011
    You know....it's also common knowledge that Huanguoshu (in China, that is) is the steepest waterfall in China. And that the Province of Guizhou relies on dozens of dams to generate electricity. That's where this fall is located. lol

    This is to say, I bet 90+ percent of New Yorkers have no idea where their power comes from.

    For that matter, how many know that our state, Maine, supplies some of the electricity for the city of Boston so that its rates can be lowered and we can pay a bit more?

    Sorry, I'm a little crabby this morning. More coffee is in order!

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  • Airplay355
    Airplay355 Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    Just one more reason to get out of Maine. I certainly can't wait to leave. Hopefully I'll have less than a year left!

    Oh right, hydroelectric power, cool stuff!
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  • bruss
    bruss Posts: 1,039
    edited September 2011
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  • sucks2beme
    sucks2beme Posts: 5,601
    edited September 2011
    There was a time when both countries had to come to an agreement to limit the water used.
    Had they not, there would no longer be a falls. Both sides had plans to get as much of the
    water flow as they could.
    When I lived in upstate, it was a big deal to be able to get the cheap power form the falls.
    The rates were very good.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    sucks2beme wrote: »
    There was a time when both countries had to come to an agreement to limit the water used.
    Had they not, there would no longer be a falls. Both sides had plans to get as much of the
    water flow as they could.

    I wentt here for the first time last fall. One of the more amazing things about it was seeing the maps of where the falls "used to be," and how far they've receded due to erosion. Nature is amazing.
    If you will it, dude, it is no dream.
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  • nooshinjohn
    nooshinjohn Posts: 25,395
    edited September 2011
    Don't worry, they will find an endangered gnat-minnow or some long-thought extinct version of a butterfly and demand that Niagra be returned to it's natural flow so the planet can be saved.... If life is made better for mankind by doing something, you can bet they will do everything they can to stop it.
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  • agfrost
    agfrost Posts: 2,427
    edited September 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    I wentt here for the first time last fall. One of the more amazing things about it was seeing the maps of where the falls "used to be," and how far they've receded due to erosion. Nature is amazing.

    I don't find nature so amazing when I notice how far my hairline has receded, however. Fortunately there are no published maps.
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  • bobman1235
    bobman1235 Posts: 10,822
    edited September 2011
    agfrost wrote: »
    I don't find nature so amazing when I notice how far my hairline has receded, however. Fortunately there are no published maps.

    Ugh, I see published maps of this phenomenon every time someone busts out the photo albums.
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  • TECHNOKID
    TECHNOKID Posts: 4,298
    edited September 2011
    bobman1235 wrote: »
    Ugh, I see published maps of this phenomenon every time someone busts out the photo albums.
    LOL
    For that matter, how many know that our state, Maine, supplies some of the electricity for the city of Boston so that its rates can be lowered and we can pay a bit more?
    Same apply here in the Province of Qu?bec, we pay a little to subsidize Hydro Qu?bec so they can generate more electricity and sell it bulk to the US. Qu?bec is very privileged with water falls and many huge projects such as La Baie James are seem as some of the best engineered hydro plant in the world. The La Grande Complex is definitely a marvel of engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bay_Project
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  • falconcry72
    falconcry72 Posts: 3,580
    edited September 2011
    TECHNOKID wrote: »
    LOL

    Same apply here in the Province of Qu?bec, we pay a little to subsidize Hydro Qu?bec so they can generate more electricity and sell it bulk to the US. Qu?bec is very privileged with water falls and many huge projects such as La Baie James are seem as some of the best engineered hydro plant in the world. The La Grande Complex is definitely a marvel of engineering http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Bay_Project

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