Not clear, but it might be a helium inflated device so it would not need wind to stay afloat.
On Feb 20, 2019 9:11 PM, "OK Don via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________ 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
