On 15/01/2013 9:48 AM, Peter Ross wrote:
I guess the Danish and Germans don't get any sleep anymore because of all the wind mills I saw last year visiting Europe.
As a renewable energy source, I understand that wind mills are not the answer; the cost of maintaining them has lead to a great number being abandoned [1] -- and yes, this is just a quick google, I'm not going to verify it's correctness or otherwise, please don't ask me to. I wish that Solar was more affordable or a better alternative was put in place much quicker. This is one option [2], which eBay and Google have been involved with. Apparently we has a "similar" device in Victoria [3], but it was too expensive to manufacture here or for other reasons, the Victorian company went to Germany. Last time I made enquiries about their BlueGen system, it was simply too expensive, perhaps it is better now. [1] http://www.naturalnews.com/034234_wind_turbines_abandoned.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_Energy_Server [3] http://www.cfcl.com.au/ Kind Regards AndrewM