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wimbi on October 31, 2008 - 4:03am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

I understand that gearbox reliability is a problem. Obviously, gearbox is not needed. One way is to just put a crank on the mill to pump water directly, and store the output from any number of windmills to run over one big water turbine-alternator sitting nice and safely on the ground in the middle of the huge field of wind turbines, Big water turbine-alternators are very simple, very efficient and very reliable.

There we are, problem solved. Next?

PS, Think water will freeze? try freezing megatons of water being pumped around a multimegawatt loop.

PPS Always wondered why our noble arctic explorrers who ended up dead did not use all that wind they kept complaining about. Even one little one could have kept them toasty. Stronger the wind, toastier the toast. Without imagination, the people perish.

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WebHubbleTelescope on October 31, 2008 - 8:24am Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top

PPS Always wondered why our noble arctic explorrers who ended up dead did not use all that wind they kept complaining about.

They certainly use the wind for ski-sailing :)

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