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Old 08-10-2009, 01:58 AM   #29 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by NiHaoMike View Post
What if you used a rectifying antenna to get the electricity from radio waves? Then you'll just be using something that was once just wasted, right? No extra load on the grid and you'll be making hydrogen that you can sell.
Except you start reducing the range that radio transmitters can transmit so they have to resort to using more power to transmit. You may not pay for it directly but someone will and some of that cost will find its way back to you.

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