New wind technology [RE-wrenches]

[Tom Simko]

on 4/27/02 2:36 PM, Drake Chamberlin at solar at eagle-access.net wrote:

> It may be a ludicrous idea, for sure.  But keep in mind that the Wright
> brothers were ridiculed when they tried to put together their first flying
> contraception in Dayton, Ohio.  We will see in time if the good professor
> has thought about any of these issues over the last 20 years, or if he is
> just another wacko.  :- )
> 
> Drake
> 
> At 11:58 AM 4/27/02 -0700, you wrote:
>> Yes, and how would you keep a whole slew of these things from crashing into
>> each other 15 or 20,000 feet up? This seems like a pretty hair brained way
>> to make power.
>> 
>> Better to simply stick some PV's out in the sun. No moving parts. 25 year
>> warranty.... hard to beat.
>> 
>> Todd
>> 
>> 
>> Doug Pratt wrote:
>> 
>>> Here is an interesting new concept in wind power.
>>> 
>>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1248000/1248068.stm
>>> 
>>> Best,
>>> 
>>> Drake
>>> 
>>> This wacky idea has been kicking around for awhile. Sure, the demo unit
>>> makes power, but how the heck is he going to support the *3 miles* of
>>> transmission line needed to get the power to ground level?  Even if he's
>>> pushing 600,000 volts, the cable weight is huge!  Somebody prove me
>>> wrong?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Doug Pratt
>> 
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Speaking of the Wright brothers, this method of producing power would be a
menace to pilots, existing power lines are bad enough! I've never heard of a
plane going down due to a collision with a PV array!

Tom Simko
Skyline Solar

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