--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > > > > on 8/16/06 11:43 AM, shempmcgurk at shempmcgurk@ wrote: > > > > > I can only imagine that if wind power from turbines becomes popular > > > there will develop a whole nay-sayer industry telling us how bad > > > wind power is because it diverts wind away from natural currents. > > > And then we'll hear how wind power is destroying the planet. > > > > > Some people complain about the big turbines, because birds fly into > them or > > they¹re unsightly. But I doubt that small ones on millions of homes > would be > > a problem. And they don¹t divert wind currents. > > > I'm wondering if it would be feasible to attach inductive generators > to those rooftop ventilators many houses have (the cylindrical metal > ones shaped like a vented chef's hat that spin on a circular base of > ball bearings...).
I wouldn't think so. Those vents are there to prevent condensation in the attic area or crawlspace areas of roofs. They circulate air on their own accord and I would assume that trying to tap even the slightest energy from them would make them stop rotating. Just my uneducated guess, though. To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
