How many airplanes need to hit a tether or kite to bring the method to
an end? How many up and down cycles will the tether survive? How many
lightening strikes on a wet tether must occur before the tether breaks?
In short, this method has no hope of being practical.
Ed
Jed Rothwell wrote:
Google is putting $5 million into this. If they have that kind of money
for kites they should invest in cold fusion.
I still think laddermill kites are impractical. What are they going to
use for the tether? What can stand up to 100 MW?!?
Using kites as auxiliary sails on large ships is a good idea.
- Jed
