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Replied May. 30, 2009
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The power towers proposed will need floors for various reasons. First floors are an essential part of making the structure more wind resistant, and typically wind is going to be your dominant load on the kind of building you are proposing. Second it…
Hi Ron
"Where is that electricity to come from?"
Look at this.
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ELECTRICITY GENERATION:
Saul Griffith is the CEO and chief designer for Makani Power.
Here is the link to his Kite / Electric…
I don't think his claim is really that misleading. Maybe "much greener" would be more accurate. Also keep in mind that as time and technology progress, the "grid" will become greener. Just look at current emissions from fossil fuel being burned in i…
Both you and Ron have really excellent ideas.
It has been proven that centralizing the energy source for the production of electricity (even if produced by coal or oil) is a huge improvement environmentally compared to the way energy is currently distributed. I think your idea is brilliant thou…
He also claims that the company guaranties that for each electric car that is put on the road under their service they build a green power source that will feed it, in the case of Israel its a big solar farm that can feed the entire car charge syste…
First, you can use only the southern side of our 'skyscraper; second, your skyscraper should have no buildings around it which would cast shadows; third make some calculations taking into account solar efficiency, number of cars, rainy days and see…
Ron Lankford, remember that with each bounce you lose energy, a better idea would be to use Fresnel lenses (or parabolic mirrors) and tracking systems.
Hey Ron;
It is good to dream.My cousin is a safety engineer at lawrence Livermore Lab and the scientists down there led by Ed Moses have spent $4 billion on what is called NIF or a National Ignition Facility (virtual tours available online).It is th…
Thanks, guys. "Pixelated mirrors" is my own term, used to describe very small mirrors within a device that looks like an old TV vaccuum tube. The rays of the sun are bounced around, magnified, and then focused on a photo voltaiac cell at the rear of…
Hey Ron;
Thanks for the nice coments back.I get a part of Fortune Magazine emailed to me that is called Green Wombat.The recent articles within the last year have sometimes focused on propossed solar installations so much of the "news" I read is abo…
Peter (and others). The controversy I have been referring to regarding using the desert for solar power was featured on March 25 and 27th in the LA Times with articles entitled "Feinstein wants desert swath off-limits to solar, wind" and "Feinstein'…
Wow, Peter, your big idea includes the original reason I started dreaming about energy production; how to solve California's water shortage problem. With several states and Mexico fighting over Colorado river water, and with restrictions being impos…
Hey Ron;
When a power company decides to construct a power plant they have a design or blueprint saying how many furnaces,how the fuel is delivered and what the output will be.So there are construction costs to create something that will produce a p…
Only a small area would need to be controlled, which could be done within the permitting process.
The dimensions of each building will vary with the amount of energy desired, and within the constraints of available land.
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Southern California Edison has announced two more major solar energy plants to be built in the Riverside and San Bernardino county deserts. These additional projects are designed to bring Edison's total renewable energy up to the state mandated target of 33% by year 2020. No comment was made in the LA Times announcement on Wednesday regarding the former difficulty Edison and PG&E experienced with environmentalist who reject any desert projects that not only harm protected species, but also r… Continue
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