An, interesting, and potentially exciting notion.
High-Flying Kites Could Produce Enough Energy for a City
However, I have to pose them a question, beyond the safety issue (what goes up...):
What's not to like?
However, I have to wonder about the reliability factors.
Like Charlie Brown, my efforts at getting a kite up, staying up and back down (if it got too gusty) have never been that successful. And certain involved a lot of kidpower on the ground.
So if (as it surely might) the wind drops, what is the proposed procedure to get the generating mechanism back up again?
Greenbang - Kite power takes flight
Junkk.com promotes fun, reward-based e-practices, sharing oodles of info in objective, balanced ways. But we do have personal opinions, too! Hence this slightly ‘off of site, top of mind' blog by Junkk Male Peter. Hopefully still more ‘concerned mates’ than 'do this... or else' nannies, with critiques seen as constructive or of a more eyebrow-twitching ‘Oh, really?!' variety. Little that’s green can be viewed only in black and white.
Monday, August 11, 2008
2 comments:
I believe in freedom of speech. But I also don't like bullies on blogs, even verbal ones, as they can drive away those with something valid to say... or offer.
Subjective is fine, but well argued and substantiated is even better. Calm and polite tops. Anything that crosses my personal line will not go up. There may be reasons given, but not guaranteed.
I'm not too keen on 'Anon' as a handle (and the content usually explains why), so if that's what you opt for it may not make it. Sorry.
Peter,
ReplyDeleteCan you check the url link? It doesn't work at the mo.
D.
Whoops, sorry. Ta 4 the heads up.
ReplyDeleteBlogger has a funny habit every so often of 'adding' stuff when one posts a link, and if I don't notice it gets corrupted.
The other is sticking a link in the headline.