Well On topic. DIY wind turbine.

Feb 15, 2017 22 Replies

the two statements are not inconsistent. Most of the green cash goes on solar panels and big windmills. the odd farmer with a 500KW windmill in a field doesn't amount to a great deal, except to his poor bloody neighbours.

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The molten salt solar towers are trying to do just that. Whether they'll ev er be economic is another matter.

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Te basic physics say thy would be lucky to be more than 30% efficeint with the raw input being just as variable as anything else. They are also instant bird death. Anything capable of melting salt is well capable of vaporising birds. Its a very very danegerous technology.

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