Betsy Voinovich wrote:Okay. In answer to Jim's question, "where do we put them?" The answer is clearly not anywhere near humans. Until the whole gearbox issue is resolved-- among other issues like their huge carbon footprint-- it seems the answer might be "nowhere."
The turbine at Lincoln Electric clearly is not built in a wide-open area. I wonder what that does for housing values in Euclid?
Betsy Voinovich
I believe that the issues prevalent with this kind of turbine are minimized or completely removed by vertical axis turbines. These turbines, however, do not produce the same level of power. They can also be made to utilize a frictionless magnetic field instead of bearings for rotation, removing a gearbox entirely.
