"High-altitude winds between 1,640 and 3,281 feet (500 and 10,000 meters) above the ground are stronger and steadier than surface winds. These winds are abundant, widely available, and carbon-free.
"The physics of wind power makes this resource extremely valuable. “When wind speed doubles, the energy it carries increases eightfold, triple the speed, and you have 27 times the energy,” explained Gong Zeqi "
High-altitude winds between 1,640 and 3,281 feet (500 and 10,000 meters) above the ground
So y’all will have in depth conversations about the meaning of the colors of a fucking Labubu with ChatGPT, but can’t be bothered to ask it to do the math on this?
Cause 10,000 meters isn’t 3,281 feet.
As cool as this is, I"m also super interested in what happens
ifwhen the cable breaks.Same as if you let go of a kite. It’ll just tumble back down to Earth over some distance.
Pretty sure they have more than one cable on this thing.
Ok.
As cool as this is, I"m also super interested in what happens if when the cables breaks.
Like, how far will it go? A hundred kilometers? a thousand? Ten thousand? I just imagine one of things getting lose and it circling half the globe.
Cool. A couple of decades ago I read about former astronaut/physics prof Wubbo Ockels working on something like that but with kites. I’ve never heard of any production version of that coming off the ground. I hope this does better.
You want this but with kites?
Here you go: https://skysails-power.com/how-power-kites-work/
Interesting concept, but the efficiency compared to standing turbines needs to be calculated based on the expected lifetime. What’s the leakage rate of the helium? What’s the resistance of the fabric (or whatever it’s made of) and cables to UV light ?
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