Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-10 Thread Keith Addison
Yes, lost a kidney to cancer and had one of those near death experiences as well. Much of what I used to see in the world as serious I now see as adolescent and self indulgent. Wish I could put it into words like Keith does. :-) I think you just did Kirk. In fact I've quite often quoted a

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-09 Thread MH
I can somewhat relate to that thanks to heart disease and another chance to ponder my mortality and direction. I hope I can meet them with a smile and understanding. Yes, there are some who are terrific at word development an expression and I also wish. Looking forward to hearing more

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-08 Thread sjuliao
AM 09:03:32 EST To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland Rooftop Turbine A Breakthrough In Wind Power By Paul Kelbie Scotland Correspondent The Independent - UK 5-22-4 http://www.rense.com/general53/wind.htm Each unit could pay for itself

Re: Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-08 Thread sjuliao
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland Coming along ok. Mind is willing but the body is weak. Each day a bit better though. Actually have some colour in my face now. Piggott even shows how to carve your own blades. As for configuration Betz wrote

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-08 Thread MH
Kirk, I'd didn't realize you've been ill. Glad to hear things are getting better. I only see your messages in the archive or if certain people reply to yours like Hakan did. I've misplaced the details regarding your project. It must have been a archive message I read and forgot to

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-08 Thread MH
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roof top wind turbines seem like a great idea. They were around a hundred years ago on barns to pump water and grind corn and grains. Unfortunately here where I live in Canada they have put in by-laws preventing any residence from having a wind turbine and

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-08 Thread Kirk McLoren
Yes, lost a kidney to cancer and had one of those near death experiences as well. Much of what I used to see in the world as serious I now see as adolescent and self indulgent. Wish I could put it into words like Keith does. Anyway, using fabric for the machine. Have a novel way, a simple way,

[Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-07 Thread MH
Rooftop Turbine A Breakthrough In Wind Power By Paul Kelbie Scotland Correspondent The Independent - UK 5-22-4 http://www.rense.com/general53/wind.htm Each unit could pay for itself in three to four years, the inventors say. And with a 20-year guarantee from the manufacturers, each

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-07 Thread Kirk McLoren
http://www.scoraigwind.com/ has a much cheaper solution. Also a more factual solution. A rooftop installation will in most cases be a very poor one. Kirk --- MH [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rooftop Turbine A Breakthrough In Wind Power By Paul Kelbie Scotland Correspondent The

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-07 Thread Hakan Falk
Kirk, I have experiences from some friend who have a couple of larger turbines installed in Sweden. When I researched small wind for my energy source information on http://energysavingnow.com , I knew that Europe is leading on large wind and US have the largest number of choices and

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-07 Thread MH
http://www.scoraigwind.com/ has a much cheaper solution. Also a more factual solution. A rooftop installation will in most cases be a very poor one. Kirk Kirk, How's your windmill coming along? Does Hugh Piggott have a blade configuration such as the Swift Rooftop Wind Energy

Re: [Biofuel] Rooftop Wind Turbines Scotland

2004-11-07 Thread Kirk McLoren
Coming along ok. Mind is willing but the body is weak. Each day a bit better though. Actually have some colour in my face now. Piggott even shows how to carve your own blades. As for configuration Betz wrote the paper I think. I am under the impression 3 blades is usually the best choice. Mine