Harvesting Energy in the Sky

withoutfeathers writes "The Economist magazine has an article on Flying wind farms. Mind you, we're not talking about ordinary, terrestrial windmills here. We're talking about actual airborne — up to 10km in the sky — wind farms intended to harvest the immense supply of energy in the jet stream. On the surface, the idea seems a little eccentric but, in fact, San Diego (California, US) based Sky WindPower has, apparently, thought their concept through pretty thoroughly and believes they can not only make this work, but do so profitably. The article discusses several other ideas for high-flying wind farming including a Dutch proposal to use pairs of kites to drive a generator."

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Re:Would this cause any problems with the jet stre

[Jah-Wren Ryel]

Although I posted that as a joke, and apparently my humor was too deadpan, your response ain't the hot snot on a golden platter that you seem to think it is. All you did was restate your original premise with no supporting evidence - "No it is not remotely reasonable. It's just not enough energy to make a difference."