In reply to Nick Palmer's message of Thu, 7 Apr 2005 20:14:11
+0100:
Hi,
[snip]
A restrained British WOW!! This flying windmill concept looks really exciting.
I'd heard speculation about kites in the jet stream before but there were
always problems with the weight of the tether/power line. I
In reply to Jed Rothwell's message of Thu, 07 Apr 2005 09:37:58
-0400:
Hi,
A couple of months ago, Baronvolsung suggested we might have wind turbines
high in the sky, up in the jet stream. I pooh-poohed the idea, but it turns
out I wasn't thinking hard enough. It could not be done with
Terry Blanton wrote:
I'm no expert; but, there are
some really exotic
proposals:
http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2004/12/wind-power-laddermills-high-altitude.html
That is strange! That thing is mechanical?!? It says the kites turn a
large wheel on the ground. It is hard to believe any material would
A couple of months ago, Baronvolsung suggested we might have
wind turbines high in the sky, up in the jet stream. I pooh-poohed the
idea, but it turns out I wasn't thinking hard enough. It could not be
done with balloons, as he suggested, but kites are another matter.
See:
A restrained British WOW!! This flying windmill
concept looks really exciting. I'd heard speculation about kites in the jet
stream before but there were always problems with the weight of the tether/power
line. I particularly like that it can fly up to altitude under controland
back down
From: Nick Palmer
A restrained British WOW!! This flying windmill concept
looks really exciting. I'd heard speculation about kites
in the jet stream before but there were always problems
with the weight of the tether/power line. I particularly
like that it can fly up to altitude under
well, how big are we talking for the kites? if not too big, you could
always move them during seasonal changes, also. have a few farms with
tethers, move the actual units to the better area. just a thought.
(and, if we ever got a beanstalk off the ground, we could fly a few off it.)
On Apr 7,
leaking pen wrote:
well, how big are we talking for the kites? if not too big, you could
always move them during seasonal changes, also.
I do not know how big they are, but I am sure they are light or they would
not fly up in the air in the first place. All aircraft are made of
lightweight
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I'd love to know what other Vort experts would have
to say about this proposal.
I'm no expert; but, there are some really exotic
proposals:
http://alt-e.blogspot.com/2004/12/wind-power-laddermills-high-altitude.html
Would you like insurance? (WGUMCD)
the article is off. those that we OWN are up from a dozen four years
ago to several hundred. there is one in afghanistan, and 6 in iraq at
last count, becuase teh training program was scrapped for them by
cheney 3 years back.
On Apr 7, 2005 2:55 PM, Jed Rothwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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