On Tue, 3 Apr 2012, Terry Blanton wrote:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2122762/Airborne-power-generator-produce-energy-1-000-feet.html
How 'bout this one, no wind needed! :)
Tethered km-high balloon, DC electrostatic collector
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNjmjMNqLCo
Trouble is, the natural sky current is well under a microamp per square
meter. So a metallized kite would need to be a bit large in order to
collect only kilowatts. Better would be to artifically break down the
air, or inject a huge ion current: harnessed, low-level lightning
discharges.
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