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I saw a video about a company using 4-6 kites that cycled through a power/depower stage, that turned a geared wheel that drove a generator. It was
all computer controlled and their prototype worked in testing. Very intriguing but maybe not practical in the real world.
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can't get to page 2 of this thread. Let's see if this shakes it loose. This has happened before and I forget the fix...
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| Quote: | Originally posted by acampbell
can't get to page 2 of this thread. Let's see if this shakes it loose. This has happened before and I forget the fix... |
I gave up on the whole page 2 thing. My preferences are now set to 5000 posts per page. I don't really need to worry about second, third, fourth or
any other page :wee::wee:
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Maven454
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Wow....it's almost like you have thrown down the gauntlet to have us exceed 5000 posts in a thread. :wow: 
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 All posts should now be made as one word per post in an effort to exceed my
ppp (post per page) count?
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| Quote: | Originally posted by BeamerBob
I saw a video about a company using 4-6 kites that cycled through a power/depower stage, that turned a geared wheel that drove a generator. It was
all computer controlled and their prototype worked in testing. Very intriguing but maybe not practical in the real world. |
No no no the only alternative energy production that makes any sense is wave
power ... yet it seems largely ignored in favour of inefficient and expensive solar panels, prominent "ooh look how green we are" windmills etc. Kites
etc as a power supply are a fine experiment but really - when you get your flying car in 2020 do you really want to be dodging windmills and kites?
http://www.wavegen.co.uk/
Yeah... I got a kite. Or two...
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