Now this is my kind of wind farm!

[SUBMAN1]

Check it - what better place to put a wind farm than on top of skyscrapper and up in strong winds?

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/06/10/...wind-turbines/

-S

[Platapus]

That looks like a pretty good idea.

Birds are pretty smart I am sure they will quickly learn not to fly into the giant egg beater.

Depending on the city, some of these can be placed to take full advantage of the man-made air currents between large buildings.

Also the turbines shown don't look all that ugly either.

[Letum]

My one-man jury is still out on micro-turbines.

It's a piss poor economy of scale.
After you have mined, smelted, manufactured, assembled, transported, errected and
maintained the mini-turbines and all their parts how long does it take until you have
more energy than you started with?
With such a low out-put to mass ratio on these things; it must be a few years at least.

Wind turbines either have to be small, but very simple and energy efficant to make or
very large if they are anything but eco-vanity instalations.

[SUBMAN1]

The smallest generates 6 KW. Good enoough for me!

-S

[FIREWALL]

Nice find SUBMAN1.

I've been thinking about this for my summer home on Catalina Is.

Always a steady ocean breeze.

I always thought those things were huge.

Those look a more reasonable size.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by FIREWALL

Nice find SUBMAN1.

I've been thinking about this for my summer home on Catalina Is.

Always a steady ocean breeze.

I always thought those things were huge.

Those look a more reasonable size.

4" tall including the gate on the top!

I miss Catalina. Used to fly out there as a kid in a Piper Tri-Pacer!

-S

[bookworm_020]

Walking throught the CBD here in Sydney always made me ask why nothing was done to caputre the wind the would travel throught these man made canyons. I wish they would put some of these on the buildings around town. A couple above parilment would solve any energy shortage as the place is full of hot air!