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Massive Solar Updraft Towers Planned For Arizona
MikeChino writes "Australia-based EnviroMission Ltd recently announced plans to build two solar updraft towers that span hundreds of acres in La Paz County, Arizona. Solar updraft technology sounds promising enough: generate hot air with a giant greenhouse, channel the air into a chimney-like device, and let the warm wind turn a wind turbine to produce energy. The scale of the devices would be staggering — each plant would consist of a 2,400 foot chimney over a greenhouse measuring four square miles. The Southern California Public Power Authority has approved EnviroMission as a provider, although there’s still plenty of work to be done before the $750 million, 200 megawatt project can begin."
They should build it in Washington DC
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I've been watching Enviromission not build a solar tower in regional Victoria (Australia) for a decade now. Not building one in the United States is a real step up for these guys.
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Hm.. My first thought was "Perfect for one big ass Pot farm..." ^__^
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Is there some efficiency to be gained by building a four square mile device over, say, 2560 one acre devices? Energy efficiency? Cost?
Yes. Yes.
Present day. Present time.
No, no, no, you have it all wrong!
Amerika will pay Australia to buy from an American corporation. The American corporation will in turn import all the raw materials from china and help the Australian firm find a bunch of minimum wage mexicans to build the thing.
The only question is... which south american country will supply the hookers and blow for this project?
A 4 square mile greenhouse in the middle of the dessert?
I, for one, will not stand up to these people interrupting dessert!
George W. Bush is already scheming how to dodge the updraft.
I'm guessing it will kill every rabbit and turtle up there.
Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.
Seems like an interesting idea, replacing the tall tower with an air vortex. But I think the risks have to be researched beforehand. What you create here is a giantic tornado, so how is it guaranteed that this tornado won't suddenly rip off the base and start wandering around?!
Pack trailer parks around the base. That'll keep that tornado fixed firmly in place.
"Little does he know, but there is no 'I' in 'Idiot'!"
Good luck solving any problems without causing new ones. Unfortunately for the human race, perfect foresight is fictional.
After reading the earlier comment regarding urination problems (I should have passed it by), I unfortunately read 'foresight' as 'foreskin'. Sigh.
I hate to nitpick grammar, but I am pretty sure that "penis" is always masculine singular, i.e. "his penis."
24 beers in a case, 24 hours in a day. Coincidence? I think not!
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