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Waternature.com: Implosion / Explosion - A Side by Side Comparison

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Implosion / Explosion.......A side by side comparison
There has been a need expressed by our readers to distinguish the difference between implosive and explosive energy.

What is implosive energy?
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The power of spin

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The power of spin

http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4455446 

Sep 29th 2005
From The Economist print edition

Harnessing artificial tornadoes as an energy source


WEATHER systems, as the world has recently been reminded, have awesome power. The energy released by a large hurricane can exceed the energy consumption of the human race for a whole year, and even an average tornado has a power similar to that of a large power station. If only mankind could harness that energy, rather than being at its mercy. Louis Michaud, a Canadian engineer who works at a large oil company, believes he has devised a way to do just that, by generating artificial whirlwinds that can be controlled and harnessed. He calls his invention the “atmospheric vortex engine”.

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