Re: Wind energy extraction

From: habshi (habshi_at_anony.net)
Date: 01/21/05 

Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 18:02:23 GMT

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:05:54 GMT, "daestrom" <daestrom@NO_SPAM_HEREtwcny.rr.com> wrote:

Nonsense. A funnel of, oh say, 5m diameter with a 'high speed windmill'
would *definitely* cost more than a three-blade windmill of 5m diameter.
The weight of the funnel and support structure would be much larger than
that of a windmill/turbine of similar cross-sectional area. <
        The funnels would rest on the ground. The windmill would be at the opening of the 1m end