Straight from Gizmodo: “Nobody wants a wind turbine in their backyard, because the things are noisy and kill birds. But now inventors at Stormblade Turbine might have made the windmill a neighborhood-friendly device, solving that noise problem while doubling the efficiency of current turbines. This weird-looking jet engine-on-a-stick is somehow able to accelerate wind into its blades that are nestled safely in their enclosure, concentrating the breeze while keeping the birds and bats out of harm’s way.
The prototype operates quietly in wind speeds from 7mph to 120mph, twice the range of conventional wind turbines, plus it’s a lot smaller and easier to maintain. Install two of them next to each other and they’ll look like a pair of eyes peering into the wind. Meanwhile, you’ll be looking at selling power back to the electric company.”
Unlike those noisy turbines that also killed REALLY stupid birds, these new electricity generators are going to environmentally friendly….until some other busy-body desides the things are somehow anti-environmental and an eye sore.
Just you wait, just like with the airplane like turbine generator, somebody in California will come up with another problem. God, where the hell is that Earthquake that is suppose to send that god-forsaken state down into the ocean?
Or hell, I say we collect a few Islamic Crazies, strap nuclear bombs on them, shove them out of the back of C-17’s as they fly over the state of California, and then use it as an excuse to turn the whole Middle East into a sheet of glass. Kill two birds with one stone.
Comment by Warren Adams — January 12, 2007 @ 7:50 pm