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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."
Wow, it's a good thing you read this summary on Slashdot. I'm positive the team of experts that has been researching this for years has never, ever considered your off-the-cuff objections! You better call that company and its investors, and tell them that their team of scientists is wrong.
Yes I'm flaming you, but this trend is annoying. Why do Slashdotters think that experts, who make a LIVING working in their field, have never considered your obvious objections?