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it's time to give up on Wind and solar power,
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| Leonard Abbott 2007-06-29, 3:25 am |
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| Steve Spence 2007-06-29, 3:25 am |
| You give up on solar and wind, meanwhile I'm enjoying the power that my
panels and wind turbine provide me everyday for free. I'm living comfortably
on <5 kWh daily.
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Steve Spence
Director, Green-Trust
http://www.green-trust.org
"Leonard Abbott" <leonard-abbott@webtv.net> wrote in message
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> it's time to give up on Wind and solar power, because of their
> unreliability. The sun shines brittly only about 8 hours a day. And wind
> blowing hard enough to generate electricity, is found in only a few
> places.
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| Anthony Matonak 2007-06-29, 3:25 am |
| Leonard Abbott wrote:
> it's time to give up on Wind and solar power, because of their
> unreliability. The sun shines brittly only about 8 hours a day. And wind
> blowing hard enough to generate electricity, is found in only a few
> places.
I think you are confusing reliable with intermittent.
Intermittent means that it stops and starts. It's not constant.
Reliable means that it's dependable. That it's may be relied on.
Both wind and solar are quite dependable sources of energy and
the devices to harvest them are usually equally dependable. They
are, in a word, quite reliable despite their intermittent nature.
> There is a far more reliable and more powerful source of free energy, no
> one is talking about...
Just because you find another source of energy doesn't mean that all
other sources should be given up. I can see a place in the world for
all kinds of energy sources.
> Ground swells travel across all oceans and store tremendous energy, as
> they grow in height..
Ground swell as in "wave"?
> Ground swells around the world, could generate a hundred times more
> electricity than all the generators presently producing electricity..And
> Ground swells never stop coming, they are always present,
Wave power isn't a new idea. There is lots of discussion about it and
various devices have been tried for the past 100 years or more. Do you
have some better way to harvest wave power than those tried previously?
I agree that the oceans are untapped sources of energy but I don't think
trying to harvest waves is the best method. I think tapping into ocean
currents would be better.
This is, of course, completely off topic to homepower because few people
have oceans on their front doorstep.
Anthony
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| nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu 2007-06-29, 9:25 am |
| Anthony Matonak <anthonym40@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
>This is, of course, completely off topic to homepower because few people
>have oceans on their front doorstep.
If they live on a boat, they might have 3 anchors for solar tracking,
with hydraulics for tide-harvesting...
Nick
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| Eeyore 2007-06-29, 9:25 am |
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nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:
> Anthony Matonak <anthonym40@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
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> If they live on a boat, they might have 3 anchors for solar tracking,
> with hydraulics for tide-harvesting...
LMFAO !
Graham
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| Anthony Matonak 2007-06-29, 9:25 am |
| nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:
> Anthony Matonak <anthonym40@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote:
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> If they live on a boat, they might have 3 anchors for solar tracking,
> with hydraulics for tide-harvesting...
If they lived on a boat then they might have a savonius rotor fixed
to the mast to generate electricity whenever there is a wind. 
Anthony
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| Ray King 2007-06-29, 1:25 pm |
| Hi,
I think you guys may be on to something. if power generation from
wave/ground swells are combined with the
beach erosion problems that are due to increase with global warming and more
frequent coastal storms.
The wave action on the east coast of the USA causes the beach sand to
migrate south. The problem is the sand piles up on the north side of inlets
and is removed from the south side of the inlets. Removing the wave action
( byproduct of the energy conversion process ) would be a source for funding
from the many millions of dollars paid out to the core of engineers for
beach re nourishing.
Ray
"Anthony Matonak" <anthonym40@nothing.like.socal.rr.com> wrote in message
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> nicksanspam@ece.villanova.edu wrote:
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> If they lived on a boat then they might have a savonius rotor fixed
> to the mast to generate electricity whenever there is a wind.
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> Anthony
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