In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:28:10 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
As to harvesting the altitude voltage differential (as a third power
source), I'm not sure how much power is available there. Lots of volts,
but not sure of the capacity. Anybody know?
I'm not sure
In reply to Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Thu, 12 Mar 2009 14:52:31 -0400:
Hi,
[snip]
None the less the voltage they were insulating against is the thing
we're interested in here. I also recall seeing claims that it was the
earth gradient at fault but I didn't think that was considered
From Mark Iverson:
This sounds too good to be true... a wind generator that doesn't need any
wind!
http://pesn.com/2009/03/11/9501531_Boswell_windless_turbine/
-Mark
Exerpt:
Strange Phone Calls
Jim said he has tried to contact media, motor and government
officials from local to
-Original Message-
From: OrionWorks
This sounds too good to be true... a wind generator that doesn't need any
wind!
[JB:] I am told by an associate in the Fresno area that you magic windmill
guy is well-known there as a political hack and nut case with no
credibility. In general, you
From Jones:
...
... Sterling Allan is too often an unquestioning
advocate of every claim - and does not even try to vet most of
his articles for the simple reason that he, like almost everyone in
alternative energy is understaffed and underfunded - and mainly
because there are always going
-Original Message-
From: OrionWorks [
I hope Mr. Allan never ever looses his quest to dream the impossible
dream, to look under every rock ...
[JB:] There are dedicated sites for wind energy. The first place any
legitimate windpower inventor would go, would be there. The claim of 100
Jones Beene wrote:
In 2008, the U.S. wind industry activated over 8,300 MW of new capacity . . .
Equivalent to roughly 3 average nuke plants after converting
nameplate apples to oranges. I'll bet it was way cheaper than
building 3 nukes. Faster, too.
At the peak of nuke plant construction
From Jones:
[JB:] There are dedicated sites for wind energy. The first place
any legitimate windpower inventor would go, would be there. The
claim of 100 windmills in operation is a giveaway - a red flag
the size of China that this guy is a fraud
BTW in looking on a legitimate wind
-Original Message-
From: OrionWorks [
I keep hoping there is still serious RD working on the technology to
harvest wind energy from 10,000 - 15,000 feet, where the jet stream
blows faithfully 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and at several times
the ground speed. Yeah, yeah, I know... I
Jones Beene wrote:
... plus if we can also use the a long antenna-tether as the ballast i.e.
as the required drag mechanism against the absolute wind speed (in addition
to the drag of the collection airfoils or propellers), then that long tether
(half mile long??) which is a conductive
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:20 AM, Jed Rothwell jedrothw...@gmail.com wrote:
It is a shame they can't build those things in Georgia or the rest of the
southeast. We have no wind.
We have plenty of wind in GA from January to April, when the
legislature is in session. :-)
Terry
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote:
IIRC this was blamed on the motion of the Shuttle across
the Earth's magnetic field.
Was it? I thought it was due to the difference in potential of the
earth gradient and the failure was due to insulation breakdown.
Terry Blanton wrote:
On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Stephen A. Lawrence sa...@pobox.com wrote:
IIRC this was blamed on the motion of the Shuttle across
the Earth's magnetic field.
Was it? I thought it was due to the difference in potential of the
earth gradient and the failure was due
-Original Message-
From: Stephen A. Lawrence
! Hey, that sounds like it has real potential (no pun intended)!
Remember the tethered satellite fiasco?
[JB:] Yes, that is what I had in mind
Now, a free-flying kite (or, perhaps more practically, a balloon) would
be moving
Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote:
We have plenty of wind in GA from January to April, when the
legislature is in session. :-)
I'd be willing to have some tax $ go to mounting wind generators vertically
like ceiling fans in all
state and federal Congressional and Senate
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