Posted on 09/18/2013 9:24:45 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I am always fascinated by leftist who make big in business at the same time complaining about big business.
Vince the planet pollutes the planet more than all of man’s pollution ever made. volcanoes pump out more gases and ash and crap than we ever could hope to.
Hope he’s in talks with Gaia to stop smoking.
If he can make it all work without a bunch of govt. subsidies, then more power to him.
How many places in Britain have wind strong enough and steady enough for this to work though?
That article is rated about one hurl per line. Blech.
Go see the pictures.
He’s only doing what wind already would have to do in order to work well, which is to partner a turbine (intermittent) with a battery pack to provide stable power. His “black box” has been common equipment for IT datacenters for years, and is found in probably half the middle-class-and-upward houses in India and other “developing” countries. His vertical turbine is also not revolutionary, since it’s already a common solution that DIY-ers resort to in building their own home turbines.
Where wind falls down is in maintenance of the turbine generator, and in the long-tail production of the systems that wind requires to be a useful technology. Right now, it’s just not viable on a large-scale deployment, even if the turbines themselves are individual-house sized.
He has only 55 turbines but is one of the richest men in the UK?
Small, vertical-axis turbines for home use have been for sale for decades, but he has come up with some super design?
Batteries in the basement at low cost?
I agree. Sounds like lots of people, including NPR, are getting scammed by this guy.
I think not.
I think euro pansy gubmint subsidization is involved. Mr Green took the taxpayer for a ride.
He’s unrepentant about his public image as a rebel.
The most slavish conformist of all is the rebel, who lets himself be defined by all he rebels against.
“”In the UK for instance, 96% of car journeys are less than 100 miles. Most modern EVs – outside of the Telsa – have a range of about 100 miles because they are designed for city driving.””
According to the US Department of Transportation 95% of American drivers drive less than 100 miles per day.
“”Vince says Nissan and Renault, increasingly seen as leaders in electric cars, are already involved in the Ecotricity project, which plans to roll out over the next year.””
Tesla is the leader in electric cars.
Tesla outsells the Nissan Leaf and Renault Fluence ZE in Norway.
The only country where they compete head to head.
And a small European country.
“”He believes that the Tesla S range of 300 miles, while relevant for the US, is “excessive” for most other countries, especially small European ones. “All it means is that you are lugging around a lot of weight in batteries that 96% of the time you are not using,” he says.””
Range anxiety is not about rational behavior.
When people buy cars they buy personal freedom. They want to be able to get in there car, go across the Chunnel into Paris and onto Berlin if they want to.
Not just range but style and performance. People don’t want pathetically slow cars than look ugly.
Drivers in Britain and the US drive about the same number of miles. About 75% drive less than 50 miles and about 95% drive less than 100.
“”Warming to his subject, he points out that while “the Tesla spec sounds nice, you have to wonder about it given that companies like Renault are bringing out much cheaper models which are mass affordable EVs.””
A 22k British Pound Model E is coming in 2017 Vince.
“”Maybe the Tesla will simply become more like a Porsche? It’s the big, mainstream car makers that will change the market for EVs,” he says.””
No Vince, Tesla will become something more like an electric BMW. From there who knows?
Where’s he going to get all these “big green batteries?”
So, 4% of the time, you really need those batteries. That seems very significant to me. Think about carrying a weapon: on 4% of the days, do you need to whip it out and defend yourself? No. A lot less than 4% of the time. Maybe never. But when you need it, you really need it.
What a dope.
I believe this is called a ‘Savonius Rotor’.
Its been around for a long time...fairly compact. I’ve seen them set up on fence posts, meant to charge a battery for an electric gate, etc.
They are good for getting small amounts of power in remote locations...but have been passed by as a source of large scale power, since they are inefficient. As one blade goes with the wind, the other blade is fighting against it, so it can’t be nearly as efficient as a normal turbine.
You let one of those battery packs go flat and you'll be sitting there till you get a new one.
The world would be a MUCH greater place if every single environmentalist and leftist would BAN ALL carbon in their lives and bodies.
Try finding life without carbon. Carbon is the one single thread required for 99.9999% of all of what we consider life.
The ‘black box’...
Yeah, right. Propaganda for the masses from an expert at diverting public money for pet projects
The concept is widely available and known:
http://www.emergencyfoodwarehouse.com/humless-sentinel.html
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