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Living Inside A Giant Wind Turbine

Posted by Hemos on from the new-and-interesting-ideas dept.

A reader writes: "New Scientist has an article about buildings that incorporate numerous wind turbines. These neat office blocks can generate much of the own energy and the design of the building actually makes them more power efficient that regular turbines."

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  1. No good by BillyGoatThree · · Score: 5, Funny

    It'll never take off.

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  2. A new paradigm by brain+damage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wind turbines in rural areas are often criticised for detracting from the landscape and for generating noise pollution. Stankovic says noise insulation around the turbines could dampen sound. Traffic in cities would also drown out most of the noise, he suggests.

    Engineer 1: Wind power is such a good resource, I wish there was some way for us to tap into it.

    Enginner 2: Yeah, but they are loud and ugly and they piss people off. Where can we put them?

    Engineer 1: Hmmm, good point. Wait, how about in the middle of a city? They are already ugly and loud, nobody would ever know the difference.

    Engineer 2: That's a great idea. We could even incorporate them into the buildings themselves. We'll call it a new paradigm. I've always wanted to use that word.