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makourain

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Posted: 11:43pm 20 Oct 2006
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kite generator
seems a bit silly to me
 
Gizmo

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Posted: 01:03am 21 Oct 2006
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Yeah I agree. It would work, but dont know how well. One problem would be getting the kites back up after no wind.
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RifRaf

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Posted: 01:15am 21 Oct 2006
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heh, seems nuts, but a bit more promise here.
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/004052.html
 
AllanS
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Posted: 05:01am 22 Oct 2006
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http://www.skywindpower.com/ww/index.htm

This bloke's onto something though. A tethered gyrocopter-come-windmill. The power in the jet stream is staggering.

8 km of conducting tether would weigh too much and be a great lightning rod, as they say. So why not pipe hydrogen up to the gyro through a light-weight polymer tether, do the old Haber process up there and pipe ammonia to the ground. Ammonia burns well, forming steam, nitrogen and lots of heat to directly run a gas turbine.
 
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