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Here is an old report on how hemp was used as a building material:
Ford Hemp Car
The idea arrived in my brain from the continuing desire to answer the question of storage for excess power. Storing water into large tanks built out of glass lenses encased within a framework of sturdy construction could involve the use of sunlight focused into the tank where excess power is used to pump water out of the ground and into the tank. The sunlight is then used to store power as heat.
Also, the tank is built upon a geared jack, like the type of jack used to change a tire on a car, whereby the water tank when full can be used as a weight to drive an electric generator as the tank is lowered while full, then the tank is emptied, whereby the heated water is used up, and the volume of water creates pressure as water is funneled into higher pressure at the bottom of the tank. Once empty the tank is jacked back up to the higher, power storing, position.
If the power from the sun, focused through the glass lenses is enough to create vapor, steam, then the tank could be designed as a purification device as the steam is then condensed and the distilled water is drained off into another tank.
I am also curious about the use of one-way glass, such as the glass used in those movies whereby the interrogators look at the interrogated through the one-way glass while the interrogated people see a mirror. Would such as construction of glass allow sunlight into the water tank without allowing power in the source of heat to escape the tank, or would the change in the structure of the glass degrade the transfer of heat into the water in the tank?
Would thick heavy glass formed as a lens (magnifying glass) work to increase the transfer of power (heat) into the water and being thick would the glass also insulate against heat loss (power transfer) during darkness?
And Hemp Water Tank Frame?
Hemp building blocks that fit together in a modular fashion like Lego Blocks?