IIRC from my weather lessons in ground school, the winds on the coasts switch direction every morning and night. In the middle of that switch, they stop dead. How to keep the kite out of the water then? I guess you have to go higher - longer wires, more resistance, more forces, etc. Even with my limited time in the air, I can tell you that it does unexpected things frequently, and should never be under-estimated.
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 9:41 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > If you have the dreaded "greenie weenie" will Penicillin cure that? > [sarcasm folks....] > > Kite wind gennies, anchored off shore in the open sea... A little question > comes to mind... > > How do you get the generated power back to land and into the grid to be > useful, cheaply? > > > On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 7:03 PM Kaleb C. Striplin via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > I am offended by the term green weanie > > > > On 2/19/2019 4:05 PM, Clay Monroe via Mercedes wrote: > > > Green weanies will march with torches and pitchforks to defend the > super > > wonderful tidal flow scenic environments. The Salish Sea has a few > strong > > resources, but opposition would not give a flaming tossed toast about the > > New Green dealeo. > > > > > > > > > clay monroe > > > > > >> I turned my computer upside down and shook it, but the bookmark for > > what I'm looking for didn't fall out. > > > > > > > > >> On Feb 19, 2019, at 11:21 AM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > >> > > >> I always thought that tidal energy was a pretty good idea if it could > > be done on a practical basis. Look at places in the world like the Bay > of > > Fundy, where there are huge tidal flows daily and they’re very > predictable. > > Better yet, while the flows do change on a daily basis, a portion of them > > are at night, which gives this approach a leg up over solar when it comes > > to renewable energy. > > >> > > >> -D > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > --- > > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > > https://www.avg.com > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > -- OK Don *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves." WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* 2013 F150, 18 mpg 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
