Hydrothermocline - Revision history

Saix at 09:43, 21 February 2025

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	*Like much of [[Bob Budiansky]]'s fictional technology, the hydrothermocline is solidly grounded in real-world science. Its operating principle is sound, and {{w\|ocean thermal energy conversion}} (OTEC) plants have been studied, proposed, and actually tested in prototype form.		*Like much of [[Bob Budiansky]]'s fictional technology, the hydrothermocline is solidly grounded in real-world science. Its operating principle is sound, and {{w\|ocean thermal energy conversion}} (OTEC) plants have been studied, proposed, and actually tested in prototype form.

	~~==External links==~~		[[Category:Energy technology]]
	*[~~http~~:~~//www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/ocean_thermal_energy_conv.html US Department of~~ Energy ~~guide to OTEC~~]

	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 objects]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 objects]]
	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 technology]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 technology]]
	~~[[Category:MacGuffins]]~~

Saix at 06:17, 30 May 2019

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	~~:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''~~

	[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]		[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]
	Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.		Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.
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	*[http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/ocean_thermal_energy_conv.html US Department of Energy guide to OTEC]		*[http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/ocean_thermal_energy_conv.html US Department of Energy guide to OTEC]

	[[Category:Generation 1 objects]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 objects]]
	[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 technology]]		[[Category:Marvel Generation 1 technology]]
	[[Category:MacGuffins]]		[[Category:MacGuffins]]

S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent 47 at 06:03, 3 May 2016

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	[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]		[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]
	Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.		Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.

	Well, it ''will'' be a fine product, if their programmers will stop wasting company time [[Multi-World\|MUSHing.]]		Well, it ''will'' be a fine product, if their programmers will stop wasting company time [[Multi-World\|MUSHing.]]
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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}		The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}

	The Decepticons moved their base of operations to [[Club Con\|an island in the Florida Keys]] in order to take advantage of Earth's oceans. {{storylink\|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}		The Decepticons moved their base of operations to [[Club Con\|an island in the Florida Keys]] in order to take advantage of Earth's oceans. {{storylink\|Gone but Not Forgotten!}}

	==Notes==		==Notes==
	*Like much of [[Bob Budiansky]]'s fictional technology, the hydrothermocline is solidly grounded in real-world science. Its operating principle is sound, and ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) plants have been studied, proposed, and actually tested in prototype form.		*Like much of [[Bob Budiansky]]'s fictional technology, the hydrothermocline is solidly grounded in real-world science. Its operating principle is sound, and {{w\|ocean thermal energy conversion}} (OTEC) plants have been studied, proposed, and actually tested in prototype form.

	==External links==		==External links==

Ascendron: /* Marvel Comics continuity */

2015-12-07T23:49:45Z

Marvel Comics continuity

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	~~===Marvel Comics continuity===~~		===Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics===
	====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
	The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}		The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}

SanityOrMadness: /* Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics */

2015-03-05T03:37:26Z

Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics

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	==Fiction==		==Fiction==
	===Marvel Comics continuity===		===Marvel Comics continuity===
	====''~~Generation 1~~''====		====Marvel ''The Transformers'' comics====
	The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}		The hydrothermocline was under development at Energy Futures Industries. Inevitably, the [[Decepticon]]s came knocking...as well as the [[Autobot]]s. The good guys virtually won; the bad guys walked off with the prize...but that's how [[Multi-World\|the game]] goes, sometimes. {{storylink\|Afterdeath!}}

SanityOrMadness at 21:28, 1 January 2015

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	[[Category:MacGuffins]]		[[Category:MacGuffins]]
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SanityOrMadness at 20:02, 1 January 2015

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	:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

	[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|~~350px~~\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]		[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|upright=1.95\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]
	Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.		Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.

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SanityOrMadness: General fixes (header consistency, subpage links, etc)

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General fixes (header consistency, subpage links, etc)

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	:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics]] ~~portion~~ of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''		:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics continuity\|Marvel portion]] of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

	[[~~Image~~:Hydrothermocline.jpg~~\|right~~\|350px\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]		[[File:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|350px\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]
	Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.		Useful power can be generated from heat differentials...and as it happens, the oceans of [[Earth]] contain heat differentials. How does one recover this power? It's simple! All you need is the '''Hydrothermocline'''™, another fine product of [[Energy Futures Industries]]! It's guaranteed to solve Earth's energy problems forever, unless [[Decepticon\|those dratted robots]] steal it first.

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External links

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	==External links==		==External links==
	*[http://~~apps1~~.eere.energy.gov/~~consumer~~/renewable_energy/~~ocean/index~~.~~cfm/mytopic=50010~~ US Department of Energy guide to OTEC]		*[http://www.eere.energy.gov/basics/renewable_energy/ocean_thermal_energy_conv.html US Department of Energy guide to OTEC]

	[[Category:Generation 1 objects]]		[[Category:Generation 1 objects]]
	[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]		[[Category:Generation 1 technology]]
	[[Category:MacGuffins]]		[[Category:MacGuffins]]

Abates at 04:32, 15 June 2012

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	:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1]] ~~continuity family~~.''		:''The hydrothermocline is a power generator from the [[Marvel Comics]] portion of the [[Generation 1 continuity family]].''

	[[Image:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|right\|350px\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]		[[Image:Hydrothermocline.jpg\|right\|350px\|thumb\|Quick, we need some real-life science to power our island vacation resort spaceship!]]