Nov 26 2007New 'Kite' Used To Harvest Wind Energy
Architect Laurie Chetwood believes that kites will play a key roll in future "green" energy generation. Chetwood's brainchild, the Wind Dam, is scheduled to go up over Lake Lagoda (Russia) in the coming months. He is convinced the concept will be a hit, stating it's "highly effective at capturing the wind because it replicates the work of a dam and doesn't let the wind escape in the way it does using traditional propellers." Basically the Wind Dam is a "75-meter kite with multiple tethers used to funnel wind into a turbine, creating juice." Sounded good until then didn't it? I'm all about green technology, but I think this guy has got his head in the wrong place. Juice? Juice is easy to make -- you just squeeze some damn fruit. We need electricity damnit.
Reader Comments
1. cheremb - November 26, 2007 10:09 AM
damn cool....
2. boredom - November 26, 2007 10:33 AM
Might be fun to go kite surfing with. Grab a 100 or so people and hold on. Or wouldn't this be great to power boats down the river so they didn't need to use gas engines, we could call them kite boats. I'm gonna go patent that idea
3. Smartass - November 26, 2007 10:46 AM
Ohhh.
Sign me up for one of them kite boats.
I'm writing a song about them. it goes...
Kite Boating takes me away
To where I've always heard it could be
Just a dream and the wind to carry me
And soon I will be free
4. CLICK HERE - November 26, 2007 11:14 AM
Wow! I really think that idea will work
5. theobvious - November 27, 2007 8:14 AM
hey you guys, there is already boats powered by the wind. they are called sail-boats. sorry to crush your dreams like that. don't feel bad, I thought I created paper once but then I remembered I just stole a sheet from the evil copy machine at work.
6. Peter - November 27, 2007 8:17 AM
Now theres a real power kite!!! be it just a funnel really.
but from the picture it seems the wind is expected to come downward off the cliff. be interested in the design details.
7. adub - November 27, 2007 10:34 AM
Am I the only immature one who notices that it looks like a giant jockstrap?
8. boredom - November 28, 2007 5:45 AM
damnit number 5 my idea will be SOOO much different then those inferior 'sail' boats. SO MUCH DIFFERENT DAMNIT. Oh and I gotta say it does look like a giant jockstrap.
9. Crazy in Canada - January 18, 2009 8:30 PM
what a great idea.
and by the by, yeah, it for sure looks like a jock strap.
10. MOHAMED KAMAL - January 25, 2009 6:54 AM
THANKS FOR YUO