Re: Wind energy extraction

From: habshi (habshi_at_anony.com)
Date: 01/26/05 

Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2005 20:25:49 GMT

        The funnel will be built of cheap tranparent plastic , could
be enclosed in a cylinder . You may not need a computer if you can
build a contraption as on a sailing boat to always tack it into the
wind. The wind will itself supply the energy to move it .

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