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- PWoT, on 07/09/2009, -1/+28Buried as inaccurate. The source this article links to says high-altitude winds WORLDWIDE could power the world 100 times over, not the winds over New York.
http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/artic ... - gvoakes, on 07/08/2009, -0/+20Maybe Chicago could lend NY their 'windy city' nickname?
- inactive, on 07/08/2009, -1/+21And the energy discharged from one hurricane could power human civilization for years. What's your point? This kind of power is useless unless you can harness it.
- paradisetonight, on 07/08/2009, -1/+19dugg for picture of new york winds
http://greenlivingideas.com/images/nyc.jpg - OriginalLucid1, on 07/09/2009, -0/+14My ***** detector just pegged the meter...
- termnal, on 07/08/2009, -2/+16Now, I'm all for renewable energy and the prospects of reaching into overlooked areas for energy harvesting is quite exciting.
But really Digg. I thought we were over these *****, sensationalist headlines years ago.
100 times over my ass. - KillTheAcademy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+14let's not forget Chicago too
- monkeywithgun, on 07/08/2009, -1/+13And it's impossible for man to fly, the moon is made of cheese, you can't break the sound barrier, you can't split the atom, you can't do that, you can't win and oh yes, it will never work. Brilliant!
- chrisnyce2002, on 07/08/2009, -1/+12the wind really whips through the buildings in manhattan on a gusty day!
- jerryjamesstone, on 07/08/2009, -0/+11What consequences are those? The wind blows either way...
- novenator, on 07/08/2009, -0/+9Let's not forget harvesting urban winds. Circular and silent, these things could work wonders towards alleviating some of the energy demands of cities.
- mantis108, on 07/08/2009, -3/+11I find myself disliking you more and more with each passing inane comment you share.
- mantis108, on 07/08/2009, -2/+9Well it's definitely blowing between Richandler's ears.
- enantiodromia, on 07/08/2009, -0/+7"propaganda"? from who, the "Pro-New York Wind Energy Consortium"?
lol - Haha71687, on 07/09/2009, -0/+7200 years away? You kidding me? We'll be on mars for a long time by then. Fusion will be commonplace.
- hokies499, on 07/09/2009, -0/+6we have a prototype, their called wind mills, may be u've heard of them? we have all the technology we've just never tried putting them on top of buildings before. its ten years away if ppl gave it a shot
- MothBoy, on 07/08/2009, -0/+5The bastards!
I hate Big Wind. - TobiasParker, on 07/09/2009, -0/+5Dugg(down) for "We don't allow no trains"
What is this Alabama in the 30's? - inactive, on 07/09/2009, -0/+5It may not be around the corner, but my god...think about what we were doing in 1809 and then reexamine your "200 years away" statement.
- syphern, on 07/08/2009, -8/+13Sean Connery: Knock, knock.
Alex Trebek: Who's there?
Sean Connery: Me, the guy who slept with your mother last night! - Suzilla, on 07/09/2009, -1/+5Hell, the gasbags in Albany alone could probably power the entire US.
To all you other New Yorkers out there, listen up: let's get the incumbants out of office this time around. Dem or Rep, good or bad, it's time for a fresh, clean start up there. - ophello, on 07/09/2009, -0/+4Something tells me this may be a slight exaggeration.
- azikrogar, on 07/08/2009, -1/+5It seems that if we combine so many alternatives to production of energy, we could solve many problems.
Perhaps, much like the days where settlements were only established near bodies of clean water, we are going to have to adjust to areas where clean and efficient energy is available be it wind, water, solar, geothermic, natural gas, etc. If we have these options, why the hell would we want to keep polluting our air with an energy source that won't last. The people need a bailout, and it should be in the form of clean energy and heath care reform. That would save us all. - Haz3rd, on 07/09/2009, -0/+4Someone is angry...
- inactive, on 07/09/2009, -0/+4It's simple. You can't possibly harvest it because nothing can stay in the air TO harvest it. They talked about kites and blimps and other nonsense. But these methods all require energy to 1) put them in the sky and 2) keep them in the sky against the strong wind. It's laws of thermodynamics here.
Once a kite falls to earth with all 30,000 feet of steel cabling, crushes a car and kills someone... that's the last you will hear about this energy source. - warriorscot, on 07/09/2009, -0/+3Plenty prototypes if you had bothered to look or keep up with energy technology/engineering. Crawl back into your cave.
- Ghostalker, on 07/09/2009, -0/+3Are they still arguing over who's actually in charge of the state senate? I'm across the country on business, but last I heard they were locking each other out and *****.
- otbeverly, on 07/09/2009, -0/+3Alabama in the 30s? Try Alabama right ***** next to me. I'm pretty sure colloquialisms like that aren't really time dependent.
- needlesurfer, on 07/09/2009, -1/+4For those who mentions wind turbine for rooftop and stuff like that, the wind he talks about are 30, 000 feet hight.
And I don't see why this wind could not be havested, R&D is needed but this doesn't look like something impossible at all. That is pretty cool actually :) . - kooredaan, on 07/08/2009, -3/+6NY windbags or the wind caused by NYer farts?
(I was born in NY) - feliks2, on 07/09/2009, -0/+3I'm no electrical engineer (1 year into mechanical engineering degree) and its been a while since I studied anything about harmonics in physics, but if these solar panels create some sort of electricity can there not be some sort of transformer that outputs the needed harmonic or whatever? I mean sure it may not be 100% efficient, but solar panels already power satellites, some homes, and some experimental cars, so why exactly could they not be made to feed electricity into the grid? Actually, if I'm not mistaken there are already a couple of solar plants somewhere that provide electricity to towns.
edit: now that I think about it, those solar plants I was thinking of may not be composed of solar panels, but just use solar energy to heat water or something similar to that. - HentaiJeff, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2well I knew all that hot air had to be good for something.
- b0bbyw1se, on 07/08/2009, -1/+3Chicago and NY are not even in the top 10 windiest cities.
- inactive, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2you should really turn your ***** detector off whe visiting Digg. It is not good for the needle to be pegged all the time.
- sealink, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2Harnessing the power of pizza and hot dogs?
- ironhammers, on 07/08/2009, -0/+2now that's funny! =) DIGG!!!
- kinologik, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2The wind doesn't look like that!
http://www.eco-tube.com/Images/EpuronAd-Investingi ... - netneutrality, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2It reminds me of Atlantis in Stargate: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/b/b4/An_A ...
- twomeyw23334, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3We could use that wind power to run the fake bridge waterfalls which we could then use for to generate hydro power.
- scarredup, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3Harvesting these winds would require building what basically amounts to kites that go 30,000 feet up with turbines and generators. There is currently no material strong enough to take that kind of stress, not to mention its uneconomical.
It's much easier to build turbines off the east coast where there's good wind and lots of places to put the foundations. Not even that is being done. - Haha71687, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2It's all stuck in water here on earth, boss. Hydrogen is not a fuel source on this planet with the exception of fusion.
- Cannonballkid, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2I cant agree more with you. First we need to start off with that Mr.Magoo governor of ours.
- azikrogar, on 07/09/2009, -0/+2I was simply stating that we shouldn't put all of our eggs in one basket that is slowly deteriorating. I do know that many things have changed in terms of our options for affordable and efficient energy and the grids in which we run on are probably not up to date in most areas anyways. Perhaps a revamp in the infastructure (if possible) would be a thing to work towards.
- Ghostalker, on 07/09/2009, -1/+3As a New Yorker, I can assure you that the most wind could be effectively gathered in Albany; right outside the legislature building.
If they're just gonna sit in there and yell at each other all day instead of work, we might as well put them to SOME kind of use. - tgc1, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1If we feed you enough ***** maybe we can devise a meter that can power the world as it spins.
- DBLaise, on 07/09/2009, -1/+2Before you dismiss things as depressing. Ask a few questions about what is going to happen in our future. Because what is going on in politics today will effect us for the rest of our lives.
- TobiasParker, on 07/09/2009, -0/+1Hey oh! You are only exaggerating a teeny bit, i have seen people blown into the pool on the plaza. Next to the egg and such.
- secrity, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1That sort of thing could work; there are man made reservoirs that are filled at night using off peak electricity and the water is released to generate power during peak demand times. I was stationed at an Air Base in Korea that did that.
- secrity, on 07/13/2009, -0/+1There is a point where enough energy could be extracted from wind to affect climate. It would be interesting to know whether the energy extracted by wind generators could ever be enough to affect weather or climate.
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