[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Using the same 'footprint' that a typical turbine takes up, what would > be the +/- of wind power produced? Is it not only more scalable, but > also more effective?
It is estimated that it will be more efficient, yes. > Another pondering... Does it produce more power than it would take > for a fan to produce the effect? No. To quote the Philospher Simpson, "Lisa, in this house we obey the laws of thermodynamics!" You can't get more energy out of a closed system than you put in. > eg. have a fan pointing at the device and start rotating the > propeller manually until the device can power the fan, would the device > be able to push more power than would be necessary to power the fan? See above re: thermodynamics. --BenD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Download the latest ColdFusion 8 utilities including Report Builder, plug-ins for Eclipse and Dreamweaver updates. http;//www.adobe.com/cfusion/entitlement/index.cfm?e=labs%5adobecf8%5Fbeta Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:244477 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
