gadgetgrid.com — The QR5, from U.K.-based Quietrevolution, is a residential-scale wind turbine that generates enough electricity to power a standard U.S. home or a small office. It also looks like a piece of wind-powered sculpture.
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treddoMar 27, 2007
@mtjohnsonlol...love the Morbo reference. Futurama rules. Whether windmills are good or not, at least viable alternatives to the current norm are not only becoming more prevalent, but becoming more available to consumers (even though they're wealthier consumers).
chewie67Mar 27, 2007
Good idea. I like the grass-roots approach.
hchargerMar 27, 2007
Korrigan, now here is a person who is thinking long term and it would be worth considering as a unified community. The only trouble with generating your own electricity is that the corporates who control the monoploy on this resource will also control the laws on whether a community will be allowed to contruct such a unit solely for their power needs. You see what I mean, corporates are motivated by profits, not convenience and if anything threatens those profits, then you understand they'll take drastic action to prevent that from happening. Why do you think the world never gets cleaned up, corporates who control and cause much of the pollution have no solution that can uphold their lust for greed.
iomegaboyMar 28, 2007
They base their "paid off' number on the assumption/average of $222 per month 9for 18 years) in electricity. I have never had a power bill that was half of that. Maybe in Arizona where I A/C a 5000 sq. ft. home 24/7/365.
docnoMar 28, 2007
"When did conservation become a dirty word in the environmental circles anyway?"Because you can't use it to incite fear and drive a political agenda :p
vikingcoderMar 28, 2007
@DocNoThat term is used to incite fear and drive a political agenda though - "They are going to impose a TAX on you and take your life your life from you! This will be done in the name of ~conservation~!" etc...
bigmanoncampusMar 28, 2007
A 2 year warranty for something that will take a decade or two to pay for itself??? No thanks.
Closed AccountMar 30, 2007
10,000 KW = 10,000,000 WATTS.That's a 150-200 meter rotor, not a back yard project for most folks........